We Shape Our Tools and Then Our Tools Shape Us: OPAT and the EHR

Overview

Journal Open Forum Infect Dis

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2024 Feb 15

PMID 38356783

Authors

Christina G Rivera

Affiliations

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Abstract

A commentary on Canterino et al. (2024) and Munsiff et al. (2024), articles where clinicians from two large OPAT programs.

Citing Articles

Antimicrobial Stewardship Practices in Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy Programs in the United States.

Azimi S, Golnabi E, Mynatt R, Burgess D, Logan A, Wrenn R Open Forum Infect Dis. 2024; 11(7):ofae347.

PMID: 38983708 PMC: 11232693. DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofae347.

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