Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy

Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial 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...

Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy: a report of three years experience.

Although outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) is practiced internationally, there is a paucity of data regarding outcomes of paediatric OPAT. A retrospective analysis, of 3 years experience (January 2010 to 2013) was performed at a tertiary paediatric Respiratory unit. There were 362 OPAT courses administered to 32 children, of which 30 had cystic fibrosis and the remaining two ha...

Emergency Department Utilization During Self-Administered Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy

Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy practices among adult infectious disease physicians.

OBJECTIVE To identify current outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy practice patterns and complications. METHODS We administered an 11-question survey to adult infectious disease physicians participating in the Emerging Infections Network (EIN), a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-sponsored sentinel event surveillance network in North America. The survey was distributed electronic...