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.

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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 this is a superb networking event for new and experienced OPAT practitioners and provides a platform for sharing ideas, expertise, and best practice to better support OPAT practice.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

All Healthcare professionals.

SPEAKERS

• Aileen Boyd, Consultant of Infectious Diseases & Microbiology, King’s College London
• Sanjay Patel, Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Southampton Children’s Hospital
• Katie McIntyre, Charge Nurse, NHS Lothian
• Antonia Scobie, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
• Tariq Azamgarhi, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
• Eileen Dorgan, Consultant Microbiologist, Antrim Hospital, Northern Health and Social Care Trust
• Laurens Manning, University of Western Australia

For more information, please contact: [email protected]