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

• Hauptverfasser: Maddy Breeden (Verfasst von), Elizabeth Scruggs (Verfasst von), Payal Patel (Verfasst von), Sarah Krein (Verfasst von), Ronald Kendall (Verfasst von), Andrea Starnes (Verfasst von), Tracy Lopus (Verfasst von)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: Cambridge University Press, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Schlagworte: 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...