Perspectives of United States-based Infectious Diseases Physicians on Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy Practice.

ABSTRACT: While outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) is generally considered safe, patients are at risk for complications and thus require close monitoring. The purpose of this study is to determine how OPAT programs are structured and how United States-based infectious diseases (ID) physicians perceive barriers to safe OPAT care. We queried members of the Emerging Infections Network (EIN) between November and December 2018 about practice patterns and barriers to providing OPAT. 672 members of the EIN (50%) responded to the survey. Seventy-five percent of respondents were actively involved in OPAT, although only 37% of respondents reported ID consultation was mandatory for OPAT. The most common location for OPAT care was at home with home-health support, followed by post-acute-care fac

SUBMITTER: Hamad Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6765349 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature