A National Survey of Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy Practices

  • Louise E. Vaz
  • , Kimberly K. Felder
  • , Jason G. Newland
  • , Adam L. Hersh
  • , Nipunie S. Rajapakse
  • , Zachary I. Willis
  • , Ritu Banerjee
  • , Jeffrey S. Gerber
  • , Hayden T. Schwenk
  • , Marie E. Wang

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Abstract

We conducted a national survey of pediatric infectious diseases (ID) clinicians on outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT) practices and post-discharge ID follow-up. Only 15% of sites required ID consultation for all OPAT. ID division resources for post-discharge care varied. Opportunities exist to increase ID involvement in post-discharge management of serious infections.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)115-118
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
Volume11
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1 2022

Keywords

  • OPAT
  • antimicrobial stewardship
  • outpatient ID

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