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Assessment of risk factors associated with outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy complications [PDF]
Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2022 Background: Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) is used in the outpatient setting to treat infectious conditions that require a prolonged course of antimicrobials.
Christina Kaul +8 more
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Recommendations for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy in Brazil
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017 A panel of national experts was convened by the Brazilian Infectious Diseases Society in order to determine the recommendations for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) in Brazil.
Priscila R. Oliveira +3 more
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Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2013 #### Summary points Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) allows patients to be given intravenous antibiotics in the community rather than as an inpatient. First developed in the 1970s in the US for the treatment of children with cystic fibrosis,1 OPAT has expanded substantially and is now standard practice in many countries.2 3 In the UK,
Kevin B Laupland, Louis Valiquette
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Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy in Brazil
Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, 2023 Priscila R Oliveira +3 more
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Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy Today [PDF]
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2010 Since its introduction in the 1970s, outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) has become a standard modality for patients with many infections requiring long-term intravenous antibiotic therapy. Delivery of OPAT may occur in physicians' offices, hospital clinics, specialized infusion centers, and currently most often, patient's homes, often ...
Joseph A, Paladino, Donald, Poretz
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OPAT: outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy [PDF]
JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, 2020 Graphical Abstract.
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Cost evaluation of a nurse coordinated outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) program
Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2023 A structured, nurse-driven outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) program within an academic healthcare system was associated with reduced odds of 60-day unplanned OPAT readmissions and costs after hospital discharge.
Huiwen Deng +3 more
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Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2023 An outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy team from a Veterans Affairs facility managed patients discharged from their own facility and neighboring community hospitals.
Allison R. Tiemann +5 more
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Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2022 Management of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) is complex, and incorporation of a pharmacist can improve outcomes. The creation of new clinical programs is often limited by staffing resources.
Alice N. Hemenway, Rebecca L. Stewart
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Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, 2023 Optimal care of patients requiring long-term outpatient parenteral or oral antimicrobial therapy by infectious diseases (ID) specialists is facilitated by an accurate microbiologic diagnosis.
Priya Nori +7 more
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