Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology (Jan 2023)
We’ll take it from here: Veterans Affairs OPAT management of home IV therapy initiated at community hospitals
Abstract
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.