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OPAT has similar safety, lower costs versus inpatient antibiotic therapy

Patients receiving outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) after hospitalization for bacterial infection had 90-day adverse event rates of 35.6% compared to 39.0% in those who stayed in the hospital for parenteral antimicrobial therapy, a retrospective Canadian study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/04/27/opat-has-similar-safety-lower-costs-versus-inpatient-antibiotic-therapy.htm
27 Apr 2022