My patient needs home IV antibiotics-Now what? Assessing OPAT involvement at a Veterans' Affairs hospital

• मुख्य लेखकों: Maddy Breeden (लेखक), Elizabeth Scruggs (लेखक), Payal Patel (लेखक), Sarah Krein (लेखक), Ronald Kendall (लेखक), Andrea Starnes (लेखक), Tracy Lopus (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Cambridge University Press, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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Background: Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) involves the administration of intravenous antimicrobial therapy outside the hospital. The literature suggests that inpatient providers are often unaware of OPAT programs and may not engage this multidisciplinary group in a timely fashio...