Certificate of Achievement
Mary Templeman Hogg - O'Rourke
has completed the following course:
OPAT: Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy
This online course explored the role and limitations of OPAT. It considered the importance of patient selection, antimicrobial choice and device selection and how OPAT relates to the wider antimicrobial stewardship agenda and healthcare governance in the learner's location.
2 weeks, 6 hours per week
Dr Andrew Seaton
Consultant in Infectious Diseases and General Medicine, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow.
BSAC
Dr Mark Gilchrist
Consultant Pharmacist Infectious Diseases, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London
BSAC
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Identify the function, role and limitations of OPAT in modern health care
- Compare the different roles and responsibilities within the multi-disciplinary OPAT team and reflect on how other health care providers may contribute to the service
- Explain how patient selection, antimicrobial choice and device selection and monitoring are crucial to achieving optimal outcome
- Explore how OPAT relates to the wider antimicrobial stewardship agenda and health care governance
- Apply antimicrobial stewardship principles to clinical OPAT practice
Syllabus
The course covers:
- 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
This course has been approved by The Royal College of Pathologists at a level of 12 credits.
Issued on 17th January 2022
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