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    Outpatient antibiotic therapy (OPAT)

    Sara Keller, M.D.
    Outpatient antibiotic therapy (OPAT) is a topic covered in the Johns Hopkins ABX Guide.

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    DEFINITION

    • OPAT: defined as the use of parenteral antibiotics outside of the acute care setting.
    • Infusions can be administered in and by:
      • Skilled nursing facility by staff members
      • Outpatient infusion centers by nurses
      • In the home by patient and/or family with support from home nursing professionals available
        • Typically home nurses perform education on first initiation of home-based OPAT and then return to the home weekly for assessments, laboratory test draws, venous catheter dressing changes.
      • In the home by home nursing professionals (unusual in the U.S.)
      • In the home by patient and family without support from home nursing professionals
        • Patients return to a clinic weekly for assessment, medication distribution.

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    Last updated: June 2, 2018

    Citation

    Keller, Sara. "Outpatient Antibiotic Therapy (OPAT)." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2018. Pediatrics Central, peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540409/all/Outpatient_antibiotic_therapy__OPAT_.
    Keller S. Outpatient antibiotic therapy (OPAT). Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2018. https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540409/all/Outpatient_antibiotic_therapy__OPAT_. Accessed April 25, 2019.
    Keller, S. (2018). Outpatient antibiotic therapy (OPAT). In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. Available from https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540409/all/Outpatient_antibiotic_therapy__OPAT_
    Keller S. Outpatient Antibiotic Therapy (OPAT) [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2018. [cited 2019 April 25]. Available from: https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540409/all/Outpatient_antibiotic_therapy__OPAT_.
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