Out Patient Antibiotic Therapy (OPAT)

The Infectious Disease service is responsible for the supervision of outpatient antimicrobial therapy (OPAT). Selected patients, who need antibiotic therapy through a drip, can receive their care in the comfort of their own home reducing the length of their hospital stay while maintaining optimal care. Before going home from hospital on OPAT, patients will meet one of the Infectious Diseases doctors and clinical nurse specialists who will ensure that this is best treatment for them and that they are comfortable with the plan.

Once at home, patients undergoing OPAT are reviewed in the ID clinic on a weekly basis for monitoring.