Improving Care Delivery at OPAT

November 6, 2019

Project Details

  • Department: Emergency, Infectious Diseases
  • Lead Physician: Dr. Jodie Turner
  • Status: Ongoing

About the Project

This project aims to improve care delivery in OPAT (outpatient antibiotic therapy) Clinic at NRGH to reflect antimicrobial stewardship initiatives and best practice guidelines. The aim is to help align care of common outpatient infectious diseases with medical microbiology stewardship programs by revising the protocols for the NRGH Outpatient IV antibiotic clinic, a daily clinic run out of the medical daycare and accessed by patients through the emergency department.

Project Updates

This project is ongoing.