Off-site facilities: Friend or foe of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT)?

Abstract

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The authors’ reply to Jensen et al’s Letter to the Editor

“…To the Editor—We thank Jensen et al for also highlighting the difficulties at points of transitions of care, and bringing up the difficulties that lie in discharge to off-site facilities for patients requiring outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT). 1…”