Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Intravenous to Oral Switch: Within Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (IVOST)
This course lead participants through the principles underlying the use of intravenous antimicrobials and complex oral antimicrobial regimens within outpatient or community based clinical environments: how oral and complex oral antibiotics can be used in an Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (OPAT) setting and the evolving entity of Complex (Outpatient) Oral and Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (COPAT) services.
4 weeks, 3 hours per week
Dr Gavin Barlow
Consultant in Infection, Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust and Hon. Senior Clinical Lecturer, Hull York Medical School
BSAC
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Explain the advantages and disadvantages of intravenous compared to oral antibiotic therapy
- Describe the need for detailed patient assessment when switching from intravenous to oral therapy in the OPAT setting
- Describe the principles of switching patients from intravenous to oral antibiotic and the processes required to safely monitor therapy in the OPAT setting
- Explore the clinical complexity of monitoring complex oral parenteral antibiotic therapy in the outpatient setting (COPAT), the characteristics of antibiotics or antibiotic regimens that require enhanced outpatient monitoring and the key components
- Evaluate the need for, and nature of, clinical governance of COPAT, to ensure high-quality service and how this can be applied to their location
Syllabus
- The principles of Intravenous to Oral Antibiotic Switch Therapy (IVOST) within the Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (OPAT) setting; principles will apply to inpatient care too, but this will not be the focus
- How oral and complex oral antibiotics can be used in an Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (OPAT) setting and the evolving entity of Complex (Outpatient) Oral and Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (COPAT) services
- The key practice points for OPAT-based prescribers (e.g. route, choice, duration, recording of information)
- When IVOST and/or complex oral antibiotic therapy is appropriate, and understand the benefits of early IVOST/complex oral antibiotic therapy and key considerations that determine implementation of both in OPAT settings
This course has been approved by The Royal College of Pathologists at a level of 12 credits.
Issued on 15th December 2020
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