دورية أكاديمية
Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (opat) in the republic of ireland: results of a national survey
| العنوان: | Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (opat) in the republic of ireland: results of a national survey |
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| المؤلفون: | Muldoon, E. G., Allison, G. M., Gallagher, D., Snydman, D. R., Bergin, C. |
| بيانات النشر: | Springer Nature |
| سنة النشر: | 2013 |
| المجموعة: | National University of Ireland (NUI), Galway: ARAN |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | opat, ireland, home intravenous antibiotics, outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy, opat programme, staphylococcus-aureus bacteremia, antibiotic-therapy, impact, home, safe, recommendations, consultation, endocarditis, infections, experience |
| الوصف: | Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) services are not well developed in the Republic of Ireland. A national programme is being instituted to standardise care. This survey aims to assess the current use of outpatient intravenous antibiotics and to quantify the needs that physicians identify in the development of a national programme. General medical consultant physicians and clinical microbiology consultants were contacted through the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI) from April to June 2012. Data were analysed using SPSS version 20. A total of 512 physicians were contacted, of which 55 (10.7 %) responded. The majority, 38/55 (69 %), practice general internal medicine in combination with a medical specialty, 2 (4 %) general internal medicine alone, 8 (15 %) clinical microbiology and 7 (13 %) a medical specialty alone. Of those practising a medical specialty, 12 (27 %) practice infectious diseases. Seventy-four percent reported having discharged patients with intravenous antibiotics; however, 47 % did not have a designated service available. Of those with no service, 100 % identified a need for these resources. Of those responsible for an OPAT service, 56 % had not audited their service. The most common indications were skin and soft tissue infections, osteomyelitis and respiratory tract infection. Flucloxacillin was the most commonly reported antibiotic. Eleven percent responded that they never monitor laboratory studies for patients discharged with intravenous antibiotics. While OPAT services in Ireland are not well developed, patients are being discharged with intravenous antibiotics. This survey underscores the need to develop the national programme to standardise care and ensure patients receive safe and efficient therapy. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | unknown |
| العلاقة: | European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases; Muldoon, E. G. Allison, G. M.; Gallagher, D.; Snydman, D. R.; Bergin, C. (2013). Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (opat) in the republic of ireland: results of a national survey. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 32 (11), 1465-1470; 0934-9723,1435-4373; http://hdl.handle.net/10379/13005Test |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10096-013-1899-4 |
| الإتاحة: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-013-1899-4Test http://hdl.handle.net/10379/13005Test |
| حقوق: | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Ireland ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ieTest/ |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.1AAE8BD1 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10096-013-1899-4 |
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