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Caring for patients receiving OPAT during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

"These include shortening durations of therapy, utilizing the oral route, avoiding medications requiring therapeutic drug monitoring, selecting antimicrobials with long durations, decreasing frequency of laboratory blood draws, and performing tele-health visits" Rivera et al (2020).

"These include shortening durations of therapy, utilizing the oral route, avoiding medications requiring therapeutic drug monitoring, selecting antimicrobials with long durations, decreasing frequency of laboratory blood draws, and performing tele-health visits" Rivera et al (2020).

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Abstract:

In an effort to “flatten the curve” of SARS-CoV-2, society is urged to practice social distancing. However, the management of other disease states may require some patients to undergo outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT). Practical considerations for OPAT management during an infectious pandemic are reviewed. These include shortening durations of therapy, utilizing the oral route, avoiding medications requiring therapeutic drug monitoring, selecting antimicrobials with long durations, decreasing frequency of laboratory blood draws, and performing tele-health visits.

Reference:

Rivera CG, Mahoney MV, Stevens RW, Abu Saleh O. Out of Sight but Not Out of Mind: Caring for Patients Receiving OPAT During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020;7(8):ofaa309. Published 2020 Jul 21. doi:10.1093/ofid/ofaa309

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