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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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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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OPAT: outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy [PDF]

JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, 2020
Graphical Abstract.
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We’ll take it from here: Veterans Affairs OPAT management of home IV therapy initiated at community hospitals

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, Jessica M. Guastadisegni, Marcus A. Kouma, Kevin C. Kelly, Reuben J. Arasaratnam, Donald F. Storey   +5 more
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What is the role of the clinical microbiology laboratory in the care of diagnostically challenging OPAT patients? Illustrative cases and literature review

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, Phyu Thwe, Jaime Mogollon, Rachel Bartash, Wendy Szymczak, Erika Orner, Musa Bolkent, Robin Patel   +7 more
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Reflections on implementation of a failure-point–focused outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy management program

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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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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Antimicrobial stewardship in the outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) setting: the impact of prescription assessment by an infectious diseases specialist

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021
Objective: In recent years, the use of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) has increased, resulting in the need to ensure its rational and adequate utilization.
Valéria Cassettari, Newton Novato, Maria Helena Flesch Onuchic   +2 more
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Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy in Young Infants [PDF]

Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 2018
We examined clinical outcomes for 53 young infants (
Nathan M, Krah, Jared, Olson, Emily A, Thorell, Lawanda, Esquibel, Russell J, Osguthorpe, Andrew T, Pavia, Adam L, Hersh   +6 more
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Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy in Germany: a prospective cohort study protocol

BMJ Open, 2022
Introduction Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) means intravenous administration of antibiotics outside the hospital. The antibiotics are administered at the patient’s home.
Christina Samel, Holger Pfaff, Peter Ihle, Nadine Scholten, Martin Hellmich, Anna Hagemeier, Charlotte Leisse, Vanessa Brandes, Charlotte Oberröhrmann, Sophie Peter, Christoph H. Lindemann, Clara Lehmann   +11 more
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