Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology (Jan 2023)

We’ll take it from here: Veterans Affairs OPAT management of home IV therapy initiated at community hospitals

  • Allison R. Tiemann,
  • Jessica M. Guastadisegni,
  • Marcus A. Kouma,
  • Kevin C. Kelly,
  • Reuben J. Arasaratnam,
  • Donald F. Storey

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1017/ash.2023.476
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3

Abstract

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An outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy team from a Veterans Affairs facility managed patients discharged from their own facility and neighboring community hospitals. There were no significant differences in adverse outcomes between the groups, but a majority of regimens were modified from those initially proposed by community providers.