Management of Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy
Key Points
Key Points
Potential benefits to the healthcare system include shorter or avoided hospital stays, prevention of hospital associated conditions and significant cost savings.
Advantages of OPAT to patients include the ability to return to work or school faster, care for children or dependents and, generally, to resume activities of daily living with minimal interruption in their life.
Models of Care
...ls of Care...
...of CareHaving trouble viewing tabl...
Treatment
Treatm...
...atient Considerations...
...atients (or their caregivers) should be allowed...
...(or their caregivers) may be allowed to...
No recommendation can be made about whether PWID...
...s should be allowed to be treated with...
...recommendation can be made regarding whether...
...timicrobial and Catheter Ut...
...tients with no prior history of allergy to...
...tients needing short courses of OPAT (less t...
...datory use of a central catheter o...
...ecommendation can be made for choice of...
...with advanced CKD requiring OPAT, t-CVC...
...endation can be made about whether pati...
...essary to remove a vascular access de...
...commendation can be made regarding the need to tre...
...t children requiring OPAT, PICCs shou...
...nitoring...
...ial laboratory testing should be monitored in p...
Vancomycin blood levels should be measured re...
...ized recommendation on frequency of outpatient fo...
Antimicrobial Stew...
...ll patients should have infectious...
...res of Selected Antibacterials Used...
...ble 3. Features of Selected Antivirals and Ant...