Outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy

Outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy
Outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy
Other names	OPAT
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Outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy is used to administer non-oral antibiotics (usually intravenously) without a need for ongoing hospitalisation. OPAT is particularly useful in people who are not severely unwell but do require a prolonged course of treatment that cannot be given in oral form.^[1]

References

^ Chapman, A. L. N. (26 March 2013). "Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy". BMJ. 346 (mar26 1): f1585–f1585. doi:10.1136/bmj.f1585. PMID 23532865.

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[1] Chapman, A. L. N. (26 March 2013). "Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy". BMJ. 346 (mar26 1): f1585–f1585. doi:10.1136/bmj.f1585. PMID 23532865.

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