UK good practice recommendations for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT)
were published in 2012 and 2015 for adult and paediatric patients, respectively. Here we …

A panel of experts was convened by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) to
update the 2004 clinical practice guideline on outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy …

Outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT) is now a widely accepted and safe
therapeutic option for carefully selected patients. Benefits include cost savings and improved …

BACKGROUNDPeripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) are associated with central-
line–associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs). However, no tools to predict risk of PICC …

Antimicrobial stewardship (AS) programs are effective in improving clinical outcomes
associated with antimicrobial therapies while improving patient safety by reducing adverse …

Purpose Evidence supports the implementation of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial
therapy (OPAT) as standard of care. Until 2015 the overall experience with OPAT in Belgium …

While a career in infectious diseases (ID) has always been challenging and exciting,
recognition of the value that ID physicians provide to the healthcare system as a whole, over …

ObjectiveTo identify current outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy practice patterns and
complications. MethodsWe administered an 11-question survey to adult infectious disease …

Healthcare “bundles” have been developed to help providers improve the reliability and
delivery of essential healthcare processes. Bundles have been shown to be effective in …

Background: The use of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) is standard
medical practice; however, significant heterogeneity in practice exists. We hypothesized that …