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Implementation of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy program in the contemporary health care system: A narrative review of the evidence.

Journal of Infection and Public Health
Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) program has become an established clinical practice globally, though its implementation varies across jurisdictions. This review explores the implementation of OPAT within contemporary healthcare systems.
S. A. Mohammed, Natasha Roberts, David Nicolás, S. Unwin, M. Cotta, J. Roberts, F. Sime   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Inpatient Cost Avoidance and Uncompensated Labor Associated With Different Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy Care Models

Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Background Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) decreases length of stay and inpatient costs while benefiting patients. However, costs in the ambulatory setting are poorly quantified.
Jacob K Player, Sithembiso S Msibi, Rory Bouzigard, Mark Arnold, Norman S. Mang, Brenton C. Hall, L. Su, Michael A. Lane, Trish M Perl, L. Castellino   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Cost-utility analysis of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) in the Brazilian national health system

Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, 2019
Background: Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) has been used for decades in different countries to reduce hospitalization rates, with favorable clinical and economic outcomes.
Everton Nunes da Silva, Maria Luiza Moretti, Plinio Trabasso   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Factors associated with all-cause 60-day readmission in patients with end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis discharged on outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy.

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy
PURPOSE Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) is standard of care in patients who require intravenous antibiotics after hospitalization. There is a lack of data on OPAT in patients with end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis.
Ghaleb Ismail, Surafel G. Mulugeta, Suzette Gendjar, Chantale Daifi, Rachel M. Kenney, Nancy Macdonald   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Evaluation of the outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) service in Malaysian public hospitals: a mixed-methods study protocol

BMJ Open
Introduction Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) is an innovative approach to manage infections that require extended courses of intravenous antibiotics by enabling patients to receive treatment in an outpatient setting. In Malaysia, there
Audrey Huili Lim, Norazida Ab Rahman, Afra Nahdia Marizan Nor, N. Misnan, P. S. K. Tok   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Implementing a Collaborative Approach to Caring for Patients With Substance Use Disorders Requiring Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy After Discharge.

Journal of addiction medicine
OBJECTIVES Injection-related infections (IRI) are common and often require treatment with prolonged intravenous antibiotics via outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT). However, patients with substance use disorders (SUD) being treated for IRI
S. Keller, Rawan Abdel Galil, Jessa R. Brenon, Lauren G Buzzalino, Alex Hessel, D. de Brito, Jennifer Townsend, William F Wright, Armani M. Hawes, O. Falade-Nwulia, Megan E. Buresh   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Incidence and risk factors for musculoskeletal adverse effects associated with daptomycin in patients receiving outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy

Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology
Background: Daptomycin is preferred in outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) due to daily dosing. Elevations in creatine phosphokinase (CPK) of 3%–10% and musculoskeletal adverse events have been described with daptomycin, but data regarding
Meaghen B. Wiley, Kiya K. Bennett, E. Siegrist, Stephen B. Neely, J. Sassine, Bryan P. White   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Optimizing Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT): A survey of community nurses' practices in France.

Infectious Diseases Now
OBJECTIVE This study aimed to assess the implementation and organization of Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) in France by examining the practices of community nurses (CNs).
S. Raux, A. Communaux, J. Talarmin, L. Khatchatourian   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A single centre experience of prosthetic joint infection outcomes with outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy

Heliyon, 2023
Abdubadie Kutubi, Ben Murphy, Patricia Fitzpatrick   +2 more
exaly  

Subcutaneous ertapenem delivered by an Australian outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy service: a retrospective comparative efficacy study

Internal Medicine Journal, 2021
Jonathan Hiew, Paul R Ingram, Laurens Manning   +2 more
exaly