OPAT: Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy

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OPAT: Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy
  1. What is the course about?
  2. Prerequisites & Facts
  3. Cost, Certificate & Degree
  4. Reviews & Experiences

What is the course about?

OPAT: Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy
The course OPAT: Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy is an online class provided by BSAC through Future Learn. It may be possible to receive a verified certification or use the course to prepare for a degree.

Learn how patients with a serious infection can be managed in outpatient settings with the help of an OPAT service.

Course description
  • Discover the function, role and limitations of an OPAT service
  • 2 weeks
  • OPAT is a clinical service which enables patients with serious infection to be managed in an outpatient setting. The service aims to facilitate admission avoidance or early hospital discharge.
  • On this course, you will be introduced to the concept of OPAT. You’ll start by looking at the roles and responsibilities within the multi-disciplinary OPAT team.
  • Next, you’ll examine the importance of patient selection and antimicrobial choice, followed by device selection and monitoring.
  • By the end of the course, you’ll know how to develop an OPAT service in your own setting.
  • Acknowledgements
  • The function, role and limitations of OPAT in modern health care
  • The roles and responsibilities within the multi-disciplinary OPAT team
  • The importance of patient selection, antimicrobial choice and device selection and monitoring in achieving optimal outcome
  • How OPAT relates to the wider antimicrobial stewardship agenda and health care governance
  • The course is aimed at healthcare professionals who are interested in developing an OPAT service.
  • BSAC
  • Founded in 1971, the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy exists to facilitate the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge in the field of antimicrobial chemotherapy.
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Prerequisites & Facts

OPAT: Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy

Course Topic

English, Language, Teaching & Academics

University, College, Institution

BSAC

Course Skill Level

see course summary

Course Language

English

Place of class

Online, self-paced (see curriculum for more information)

Degree

Certificate

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Degree & Cost

OPAT: Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy

To obtain a verified certificate from Future Learn / BSAC you have to finish this course or the latest version of it, if there is a new edition. The class may be free of charge, but there could be some cost to receive a verified certificate or to access the learning materials. The specifics of the course may have been changed, please consult the provider to get the latest quotes and news.
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School: BSAC
Topic: Antimicrobial & Antibiotic Resistance, Healthcare & Medicine

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