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Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) in Italy: A Scoping Review [PDF]

Infectious Diseases and Therapy
Introduction Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) enables effective infection management outside hospital settings, offering clinical and economic benefits.
Chiara Moreal, Simone Giuliano, Francesca Prataviera, Massimo Fantoni, Sergio Mezzadri, Valentina Menozzi, Meri Marin, Raul Cetatean, Elena Sora, Elena Rosselli Del Turco, Fabio Tumietto, Cristina Moracas, Alfredo Guarino, Riccardo Vecchio, Anna Odone, Vilma Urbančič, Alvisa Palese, Carlo Tascini   +17 more
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Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy for Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections: Effectiveness and Safety [PDF]

Pharmaceutics
Objective: Given the increasing use of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) and the clinical challenges posed by Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections, this study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of OPAT for the treatment of P ...
Paloma Suárez-Casillas, Marta Mejías-Trueba, Iris Martínez Alemany, Lola Navarro Amuedo, Julia Praena Segovia, Arístides de Alarcón González, Rafael Luque Márquez, Zaira R. Palacios-Baena, Juan Manuel Carmona-Caballero, José Manuel Sánchez Oliva, María Victoria Gil-Navarro, Manuel García Gutiérrez, Laura Herrera-Hidalgo, Manuel Poyato Borrego, Luis E. López-Cortés, José M. Cisneros   +15 more
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Safety of Nurse- and Self-Administered Paediatric Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy

Antibiotics, 2020
This study aimed to compare and contrast the safety and efficacy of nurse- and self-administered paediatric outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) models of care and to identify clinical factors associated with documented adverse events (AEs).
Shanthy Sriskandarajah, Brett Ritchie, Janet K. Sluggett, Jodie G. Hobbs and Karen J. Reynolds   +3 more
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Cost avoidance analysis of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) plan reconciliation for patients enrolled in value-based payment models at an academic hospital [PDF]

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
We previously characterized a reduction in unscheduled care following implementation of ID pharmacist review of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy plans for patients discharging from acute care.
Jennifer K. Ross, Kimberly D. Boeser, Matthew Hordyk, Bhupinder S. Manhani, Elizabeth B. Hirsch, Michael D. Evans, William D. Sieling, Susan E. Kline, Alison L. Galdys   +8 more
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Stability of antimicrobial agents in an elastomeric infusion pump used for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021
Objectives: The long-term stability of antimicrobials dissolved in infusion solution is necessary to establish and spread the outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT).
Mutsumi Akahane, Yuki Enoki, Reika Saiki, Yukitaka Hayashi, Kana Hiraoka, Kyoka Honma, Marina Itagaki, Mai Gotoda, Kozue Shinoda, Satomi Hanyu, Yuna Hamamura, Taichi Miyajima, Chihiro Ito, Kazuaki Taguchi, Shunsuke Uno, Yoshifumi Uwamino, Osamu Iketani, Naoki Hasegawa, Kazuaki Matsumoto   +18 more
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Risk Factors for Hospital Readmission Following Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) [PDF]

Infectious Diseases and Therapy
Introduction A main goal of outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT) is to streamline patient care and minimize time spent in the inpatient hospital setting.
Melanie Yousif, Matthew Geriak, Logan Vasina, George Sakoulas   +3 more
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Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy for Infective Endocarditis—Model of Care

Antibiotics, 2023
Infective endocarditis (IE) is a serious infectious disease with significant mortality and morbidity placing a burden on healthcare systems. Outpatient antimicrobial therapy in selected patients has been shown to be safe and beneficial to both patients ...
Dylan Rajaratnam, Rohan Rajaratnam
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Taking the route less traveled: on the way to COpAT

Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, 2023
Antimicrobial therapy is an essential practice within medicine. Over the last 4 years, complex outpatient antimicrobial therapy (COpAT) with oral antimicrobials has become a rapidly developing area of practice and is non-inferior to outpatient parenteral
Margaret Pertzborn, Christina G. Rivera, Don Bambino Geno Tai   +2 more
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Patient outcomes following home-based outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy and facility-based outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2023
In this systematic literature review and meta-analysis, we did not find a statistically significant difference in readmission and treatment failure rates between home-based and facility-based OPAT.
Shinya Hasegawa, Joseph Tholany, Heather Healy, Hiroyuki Suzuki   +3 more
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Medication for opioid use disorder at hospital discharge is not associated with intravenous antibiotic completion in post-acute care facilities

Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, 2022
Background: People with opioid use disorder and severe infections may complete their prolonged courses of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy at a post-acute care facility due to adherence and safety concerns.
Edward C. Traver, Patrick R. Ching, Shivakumar Narayanan   +2 more
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