These good practice recommendations for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy
(OPAT) are an update to a previous consensus statement on OPAT in the UK published in …

Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) has become, for many countries, an
established form of healthcare delivery. At the same time, there have been calls to ensure …

Objectives Outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT) is an effective treatment strategy
for a wide variety of infections as long as clinical risk is minimized by conforming to practice …

The potential contribution nurses can make to the management of antimicrobials within an in-
patient setting could impact on the development of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and …

Medication safety is a phenomenon of interest in most healthcare settings worldwide. Failure
Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) is a prospective method to identify failures. We …

Despite increasing use, limited data has been published comparing safety of different
outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) models. Potential risks of self …

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 …

Purpose This narrative review aims to describe barriers of outpatient parenteral
antimicrobial therapy at home (OPAT), potentially compromising general standards of …

There is compelling evidence to support the rationale for managing children on intravenous
antimicrobial therapy at home whenever possible, including parent and patient satisfaction …

Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) allows patients to be given intravenous
antibiotics in the community rather than as an inpatient. First developed in the 1970s in the …