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Development and Implementation of a Pharmacist-managed Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy Program [PDF]

, 2016
Purpose The development and implementation of a pharmacist-managed outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) program in a county teaching hospital are described.
Beeler, Cole B., Chung, Eun Kyoung, Damer, Kendra M., Erdman, Sharon M., Muloma, Eva W., Osterholzer, Danielle   +5 more
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Influence of real-world characteristics on outcomes for patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcal skin and soft tissue infections:a multi-country medical chart review in Europe [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Patient-related (demographic/disease) and treatment-related (drug/clinician/hospital) characteristics were evaluated as potential predictors of healthcare resource use and opportunities for early switch (ES) from intravenous (IV)-to-oral ...
A Gray, AD Tice, AL Chapman, BA Cunha, BA Lipsky, C Eckmann, C Eckmann, Caitlyn T Solem, Christian Eckmann, Cynthia Macahilig, D Nathwani, D Nathwani, DA Goff, Damien Simoneau, Dilip Nathwani, HS Sader, HT Hatoum, J Edelsberg, Jennifer M Stephens, Jim Z Li, KB Bamford, M Borner, M Desai, M Dryden, M Hensher, P Mladovsky, PC Matthews, RA Seaton, Richard Chambers, S Leekha, S Parodi, SC Lim, Seema Haider, Shelby Corman, TH Dellit, Wendy Lawson   +35 more
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Review of the first comprehensive outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy program in a tertiary care hospital in Japan

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020
Objectives: The infectious diseases team at Kameda Medical Center, Japan, implemented a new outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) program in July 2012 and expanded the program with the support of home care services.
Ryota Hase, Yoshiaki Yokoyama, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Shunsuke Uno, Takahiro Mikawa, Daisuke Suzuki, Kiyoharu Muranaka, Naoto Hosokawa   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparing Levels of Fitness of Police Officers between Two United States Law Enforcement Agencies Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical [PDF]

, 2018
BACKGROUND: The general physical task demands of law enforcement may suggest that police Officers are of similar fitness levels across cities, states and countries.OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether fitness levels of police Officers from two different ...
Dawes, James, Goad, Kiyoshi S, Holmes, Ryan, Kornhauser, Charles, Lockie, Robert G., Myers, Corey, Orr, Rob Marc, Schram, Ben   +7 more
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Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy practices among adult infectious disease physicians [PDF]

, 2014
Objective. To identify current outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy practice patterns and complications. Methods. We administered an 11-question survey to adult infectious disease physicians participating in the Emerging Infections Network (EIN), a ...
Babcock, Hilary M, Banerjee, Ritu, Beekman, Susan E, Hersh, Adam L, Lane, Michael A, Marschall, Jonas, Polgreen, Philip M   +6 more
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Design and protocol of the Buprenorphine plus Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (B-OPAT) study: a randomized clinical trial of integrated outpatient treatment of opioid use disorder and severe, injection-related infections

Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, 2022
Introduction: A marked increase in hospitalizations for severe, injection-related infections (SIRI) has been associated with the opioid epidemic. Outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT) is typically not offered to persons with opioid use disorder
Laura C. Fanucchi, Sean M. Murphy, Hilary Surratt, Shashi N. Kapadia, Sharon L. Walsh, James A. Grubbs, Alice C. Thornton, Paul Nuzzo, Michelle R. Lofwall   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clinical and cost-effectiveness, safety and acceptability of community intravenous antibiotic service models: CIVAS systematic review [PDF]

, 2017
Objective: Evaluate evidence of the efficacy, safety, acceptability and cost-effectiveness of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) models. Design: A systematic review. Data sources: MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, National Health
Czoski Murray, C, Meads, D., Minton, J., Mitchell, E. D., Murray, C. Czoski, Twiddy, M., Wright, J.   +6 more
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Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) for aortic vascular graft infection; a five-year retrospective evaluation

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Objectives An estimated 1% of endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) devices become infected, carrying a high mortality rate. Surgical explantation is recommended and prognosis is guarded. This retrospective cohort analysis focuses on the role of outpatient
Niamh Allen, Mohamed Adam, Grace O’Regan, Aoife Seery, Cora McNally, Samuel McConkey, Aisling Brown, Eoghan de Barra   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Outcomes of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) for urinary tract infections – A single center retrospective cohort study

Clinical Infection in Practice, 2023
Background: Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) is widely used to safely administer intravenous antibiotics in the outpatient setting. However, there are risks of treatment failure and clinical complications.
Sadia Shakoor, Oyewole Chris Durojaiye, Paul J. Collini   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy in a renal transplant population: A single-center experience

Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation, 2015
Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) is a well-established method in medical specialties. Its use in renal transplant recipients has not been thoroughly explored. No guidelines within this patient subset exist.
Jade Harrison, Mohammad Ayaz Hossain, Mohamed Morsy, Abbas Ghazanfar   +3 more
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