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:10.1017/ash.2023.476

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

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	e197
Journal	Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology
Volume	3
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/ash.2023.476
State	Published - Nov 8 2023

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Epidemiology
Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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