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

• Main Authors: Maddy Breeden (Author), Elizabeth Scruggs (Author), Payal Patel (Author), Sarah Krein (Author), Ronald Kendall (Author), Andrea Starnes (Author), Tracy Lopus (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: 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...