597. Comparison of Vancomycin and Daptomycin Complications and Interventions in Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy

Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy.

Comparison of Outcomes in Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) Patients Receiving Vancomycin vs. Non-Vancomycin Anti-MRSA Therapy

Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy today.

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 self-administered. Patients are selected for...

757Comparison of Nephrotoxicity in Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) Patients Receiving Beta-lactams or Vancomycin

Background. Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) programs are growing as a cost-effective, safe, and practical way to treat patients with complicated infections outside of the hospital. The guidelines for therapeutic monitoring of vancomycin state that there is minimal difference in incidence of toxicity between vancomycin and beta-lactams. However, there are few studies describin...

assessment of deep word knowledge in elementary and advanced iranian efl learners: a comparison of selective and productive wat tasks

testing plays a vital role in any language teaching program. it allows teachers and stakeholders, including program administrators, parents, admissions officers and prospective employers to be assured that the learners are progressing according to an accepted standard (douglas, 2010). the problems currently facing language testers have both practical and theoretical implications but the first i...