Johns Hopkins ABX Guide
Outpatient antibiotic therapy (OPAT)
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 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 the first initiation of home-based OPAT and then return to the home weekly for assessments, laboratory test draws, and 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 and medication distribution.
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Last updated: September 8, 2024
Citation
Keller, Sara. "Outpatient Antibiotic Therapy (OPAT)." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2024. 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; 2024. https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540409/all/Outpatient_antibiotic_therapy__OPAT_. Accessed December 10, 2024.
Keller, S. (2024). Outpatient antibiotic therapy (OPAT). In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University. 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; 2024. [cited 2024 December 10]. Available from: https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540409/all/Outpatient_antibiotic_therapy__OPAT_.
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