Rate of broad-spectrum antibiotic overuse in patients receiving outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT)

• Egile Nagusiak: Jessa R. Brenon (Egilea), Stephanie E. Shulder (Egilea), Sonal S. Munsiff (Egilea), Colleen M. Burgoyne (Egilea), Angela K. Nagel (Egilea), Kelly E. Pillinger (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Cambridge University Press, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Broad-spectrum antibiotics with once-daily dosing are often chosen for outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT) due to convenience even when narrower-spectrum antibiotics are appropriate. At our institution, up to 50% of select broad-spectrum OPAT regimens had potential to be narrowed, highli...