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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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Practice Guidelines for Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy [PDF]

Journal of Infusion Nursing, 2004
These guidelines were formulated to assist physicians and other health care professionals with various aspects of the administration of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT). Although there are many reassuring retrospective studies on the efficacy and safety of OPAT, few prospective studies have been conducted to compare the risks and ...
Tice, Alan D., Rehm, Susan J., Dalovisio, Joseph R., Bradley, John S., Martinelli, Lawrence P., Graham, Donald R., Gainer, R. Brooks, Kunkel, Mark J., Yancey, Robert W., Williams, David N.   +9 more
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Evaluating Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) Clinic for Pediatric Infectious Conditions: Insights From Alberta Children's Hospital. [PDF]

Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol
Background The Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) Clinic at the Alberta Children’s Hospital (ACH) offers a vital service, enabling stable pediatric patients to receive intravenous (IV) antimicrobial therapy on an outpatient basis.
Alsharrah D, Jadavji T.
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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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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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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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Impact of a pharmacy resident on a transitions of care rotation for inpatients enrolled in an outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) program

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2023
A novel pharmacy residency rotation was created to meet the needs of patients enrolled in an outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) program but not yet discharged from the inpatient setting.
Rachel S. Britt, Jeffrey C. Pearson, Mary T. LaSalvia, Monica V. Mahoney, Christopher McCoy, Simi Padival   +5 more
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Facilitating OPAT in rural areas

Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, 2023
A sizable portion of the United States’ population lives in a rural setting. Coupled with a limited number of infectious diseases providers, this has created a need for innovative practice models to deliver outpatient antimicrobial therapy and clinical ...
Meera Mehta, Molly Benning, Jessica E. Johnson, Keenan L. Ryan   +3 more
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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, Alan E. Gross, Andrew B. Trotter, Daniel R. Touchette   +3 more
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