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Early Experience With Beta-Lactam Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in an Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) Program. [PDF]

Open Forum Infect Dis
Barrett KO, Rivera CG, Abu Saleh O, Pertzborn M, Ausman SE, Rule AD, Arensman Hannan K, Stevens RW, Barreto EF.   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) in a safety-net hospital: Opportunities for improvement

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2023
Background: Parkland Health is a 900-bed safety-net hospital that serves Dallas County, Texas. It has an OPAT program in which patients are managed via self-administration (S-OPAT), home-health/hemodialysis (H-OPAT), and skilled nursing facilities (SNF ...
Rory Bouzigard, Mark Arnold, Jacob Player, Norman Mang, Michael Lane, Trish Perl, Laila Castellino   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Current Practices and Opportunities for Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy in Hospitals: A National Cross-Sectional Survey

Antibiotics, 2022
This nationwide study assessed how outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) is organised by Dutch acute care hospitals, the barriers experienced, and how an OPAT program affects the way hospitals organised OPAT care. We systematically developed
Hester H. Stoorvogel, Marlies E. J. L. Hulscher, Heiman F. L. Wertheim, Ed P. F. Yzerman, Maarten Scholing, Jeroen A. Schouten, Jaap ten Oever   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Survey of pharmacists on their roles and perceptions of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy in the United States

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2022
Objectives: To define outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) clinical pharmacy practice across the United States, specifically pharmacist functions, design of pharmacist involvement, and to compare pharmacist training of those who practice in
Christina G. Rivera, Kristin C. Mara, Monica V. Mahoney, Keenan L. Ryan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Decreased hospital readmissions after programmatic strengthening of an outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) program

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2023
Objective: To determine whether a structured OPAT program supervised by an infectious disease physician and led by an OPAT nurse decreased hospital readmission rates and OPAT-related complications and whether it affected clinical cure.
Gaurav Agnihotri, Alan E. Gross, Minji Seok, Cheng Yu Yen, Farah Khan, Laura M. Ebbitt, Cassandra Gay, Susan C. Bleasdale, Monica K. Sikka, Andrew B. Trotter   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Does Comorbidity Index Predict OPAT Readmission? [PDF]

, 2023
Objectives – To determine if the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) is an accurate predictor of unplanned readmissions for patients using Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) services.
Shorten, Robert J, Stubbs, Ryan D, Benedetto, Valerio, Muir, Alison   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Treatment vs Hospitalization for Infective Endocarditis: Validation of the OPAT-GAMES Criteria [PDF]

, 2022
BACKGROUND: Outpatient parenteral antibiotic treatment (OPAT) programs are increasingly used to manage infective endocarditis (IE), but current criteria for indicating OPAT are markedly conservative.
Fariñas, M Carmen, Ramos-Martínez, Antonio, GAMES Investigators, Miró, José M, Muñoz, Patricia, García-Leoni, M. Eugenia, González-Ramallo, Víctor, Nicolás, David, Goenaga, Miguel Á., de Alarcón, Arístides, Goenaga, Miguel Á, Rodríguez-Esteban, M. Ángeles, Pericàs, Juan M., Miró Meda, José M. (José María), 1956-, de-Alarcon, Aristides, García-Leoni, M Eugenia, Luque, Rafael, Rodríguez-Esteban, M Ángeles, Pericàs, Juan M, Hernández-Meneses, Marta, Villoslada-Gelabert, Aroa, Llopis, Jaume, Fariñas, M. Carmen   +22 more
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Impact of a Pharmacist-Managed Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) Service on Cost Savings and Clinical Outcomes at an Academic Medical Center

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2023
Background: Outpatient antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) is managed by a variety of teams, but primarily through an infectious disease clinic. At our medical center, OPAT monitoring is performed telephonically by pharmacists through a collaborative practice ...
Taylor M. Epperson, Kiya K. Bennett, Katherine K. Kupiec, Kathy Speigel, Stephen B. Neely, Beth H. Resman-Targoff, Karen K. Kinney, Bryan P. White   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

My patient needs home IV antibiotics–Now what? Assessing OPAT involvement at a Veterans’ Affairs hospital

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2022
Background: Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) involves the administration of intravenous antimicrobial therapy outside the hospital. The literature suggests that inpatient providers are often unaware of OPAT programs and may not engage ...
Maddy Breeden, Elizabeth Scruggs, Payal Patel, Sarah Krein, Ronald Kendall, Andrea Starnes, Tracy Lopus   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The development of an online resource for OPAT patient education to enhance OPAT patient experience: a collaborative project with a local third level education institution

, 2023
Background: To start on the OPAT service, a shared decision-making process between provider and patient involves providing an overview of the OPAT service including the options available. With the advent of COVID, wearing facemasks interrupted effective
Forde, Liz, Guidera, Fiona, Jackson, Arthur, McCann, Deirdre   +3 more
core   +1 more source