Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) allows for medically stable patients to be discharged (or avoid admission completely) who require a course of intravenous antimicrobial agents.

TOPICS COVERED TO INCLUDE

• BSAC OPAT Initiative overview – Where are we now?
• TDM of daptomycin in OPAT:Nottingham University Hospitals experience
• Case series- High dose ceftriaxone induced neutropenia
• Expanding the OPAT team- experiences of a new F1 doctor
• Managing Bone and Joint infections in OPAT in the post OVIVA era

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

All Healthcare professionals

SPEAKERS

• Annette Clarkson, Lead Pharmacist Antimicrobials, OPAT and Infection control Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
• Mark Gilchrist, Consultant Pharmacist Infectious Diseases, OPAT service lead, Imperial College, Healthcare NHS Trust & Co-Lead BSAC OPAT Initiative
• Francesca Heard, Infectious diseases and microbiology ST5, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
• Kirsty Dodgson, OPAT consultant , Manchester Foundation Trust
• Sue Wen Leo, Senior Pharmacist for Antimicrobial and High Cost Drugs Management, Co-lead for OPAT, United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
• Sarah Toplis, Lead pharmacist- Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT service) Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Sue Wen Leo, Senior Pharmacist for Antimicrobial and High Cost Drugs Management, Co-lead for OPAT, United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
• Thekli Gee & Emmanuel Shofoluwe, South Warwickshire

OPAT is a vital scheme that can prevent hospital admissions, reduce a patient’s length of stay in hospital through early discharge, plus reduce the risk of hospital acquired infections.

If you are thinking about setting up, or currently run an OPAT service, BSAC is hosting several Regional Workshops across the UK: Glasgow (9 June), Birmingham (23 June), Belfast (7 July) and London (14 July), with an additional workshop in Bristol on 21 September.

For more information, please contact: [email protected]