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We'll take it from here: Veterans Affairs OPAT management of home IV therapy initiated at community hospitals.

Allison R TiemannJessica M GuastadisegniMarcus A KoumaKevin C KellyReuben J ArasaratnamDonald F Storey
Published in: Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE (2023)
An outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy team from a Veterans Affairs facility managed patients discharged from their own facility and neighboring community hospitals. There were no significant differences in adverse outcomes between the groups, but a majority of regimens were modified from those initially proposed by community providers.
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