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Engaging Patients and Caregivers in a Transdisciplinary Effort to Improve Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: We worked with patients, caregivers, and healthcare workers to prioritize barriers and propose solutions to outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) care. Unclear communication channels, rushed instruction, safe bathing with an intravenous catheter, and lack of standardized instructions were highly ranked barriers. Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy programs should focus on mitigating barriers to OPAT care.

Source: Open Forum Infectious Diseases

DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa188

Authors: Sara C Keller, Pranita Tamma, Alejandra Salinas, Deborah Williams, Sara E Cosgrove, Ayse P Gurses

Institutions: Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Medicine

Language: English

Topic: Antibiotic Use and Resistance

Subfield: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Field: Immunology and Microbiology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $4,053