🩺🦠How well do #OPAT antimicrobials really hit PK-PD targets? Our UK prospective study shows good attainment across agents, while demonstrating the feasibility of #TDM to support #precisiondosing in outpatient infection care 🔗https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkaf484

9 patients in our #OPAT clinic today. That's 9 people who would otherwise have been in hospital for Christmas.

Everyone's getting a cracker. I haven't won a pull yet.

Sometimes patients bring gifts on their last day in the #OPAT clinic. A card, biscuits, something like that.

One patient made us pens.

This is helpful, opening up a new drug (tigecycline) to be put into elastomeric devices for patients that need #OPAT #IDSky #ClinMicro #AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jac...
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🥐 První máj u nás není o projevech.
Je o croissantu s jahodou, stínu stromu a chvíli, která nečeká na lajky.
Ale pokud nechceš jíst dort ve stoje – doporučujeme rezervaci.
Tetris má bejt na Game Boy, ne v restauraci.

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#bischofstein #ticho #jahodanavrcholu #časeměříšklidem #1máj #volkafe #broumovsko #kladskepomezi #opat

OPAT saves money vs inpatient stay. Oral antibiotics clearly would be cheaper operationally, but not always an option #OPAT #IDSky #ClinMicro #AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jacamr/artic...

Quantifying cost savings from ...
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Important study to know about if you run an #OPAT service! Standard PICC lines are fine. Key question remains: do you need to put / keep one in at all? #IDSky #ClinMicro

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mgwrki6irihfcatu2v347soc/post/3lfhu4mmyqc2l
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Potential delivery of some antibiotics too? Clearly there may be some significant issues with volume of fluid to be delivered subcutaneously! #OPAT #IDSky #clinmicro #AMR

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vqgovau5gkirnk3ss5qwjdmz/post/3ldll4ixt7s2q
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Cool - use of programmable digital infusion pump to deliver multiple doses of wide range of antibiotics via #OPAT for varying indications. 21% hospital 30-day readmission rate (36/170) tho. Split batches for some Abx (benpen & amox) #IDSky #clinmicro academic.oup.com/jacamr/artic...

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:sk7yzhdafxjlcfwxk5rm3lfc/post/3lcnisewvvi2b

Five years ago today.... the empty OPAT bay waiting for our very first patient to arrive.

Nearly 11,000 infusions later, and two changes of location, I'm feeling pretty darned pleased about what we've achieved.

#OPAT #nhs