Are we ready for an outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy bundle? A critical appraisal of the evidence

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 419-424

  Muldoon, Eavan G ^a   Snydman, David R ^a   Penland, Elizabeth C ^a   Allison, Geneve M ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bundle; Hospital readmissions; OPAT (outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy); Patient safety; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CAREGIVER; CONSULTATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RELIABILITY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

BUNDLE; HOSPITAL READMISSIONS; OPAT (OUTPATIENT PARENTERAL ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY); PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS;

EID: 84880369243     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit211     Document Type: Article

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