Esther Golnabi, @bradcutrellMD, James Sanders, @maggiemonogue, @tylamyla2: Review of OPAT prescriptions by the Transitions of Care pharmacists before discharge is feasible and can prevent inappropriate outpatient IV antimicrobials from being prescribed. bit.ly/4aW4b8x

We will miss you so much Christina Yen!! Best of luck to you in your next exciting adventure as the medical director of abx stewardship at MaineHealth!! James Sanders Maggie Monogue Brad Cutrell, MD, FIDSA Crystal H Tyla Carettini

🩺🔬 Our OPAT series continues with an in-depth review of continuous infusion antibiotics. Discover the evidence, stability, and logistics behind this treatment approach. 📚🔍 #OPAT Read more: bit.ly/44mCRfj

Looking for help setting up outpatient #remdesivir infusions for #COVID19 ? Be sure to check out our free Remdesivir Toolkit! 🧰💊 #IDTwitter #TwitteRx

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In the latest SIDP column, Dana Holger, PharmD, MPH, AAHIVP and Ryan Mynatt provide insights on outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy including the modality's benefits and challenges #IDtwitter #MedTwitter

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Check out @luovofloxacin & Bug Pharmacist 💊🧫 Tim Gauthier's poster at #ECCMID2023 on 4/16 @ 12pm CET!
🔑: SBA order sets for sepsis led to
⬆️order set use
⬇️vanco & pip/tazo use
⬆️ceftriaxone use
⬆️appropriate antibiotic selection
No change in antibiotic ⏰, 💀, LOS, or CMS fallouts
ACCP INFD PRN

No fan of OPAT (an understatement!), I read with great interest this study on completing endocarditis treatment with oral Rx assembled by Sarah Rawi Freling @bradspellberg et al in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Oral Antibiotic Therapy for Endocarditis — Are We There Yet? blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-observa…

Ever wondered how antibiotic doses are decided or what a Monte Carlo simulations are? Fresh in Open Forum Infectious Diseases Hubert Chua and Vincent Tam from UH Pharmacy provide an explanation with lots of visuals academic.oup.com/ofid/article/9…. Great reading for SIDP and IDSA members!

🔥Wow Brad Spellberg ,our article is published 🔥 Open Forum Infectious Diseases with Todd C. Lee
Emily McDonald Robert Centor MD MACP 🇮🇱
Can the Future of ID Escape the Inertial Dogma of Its Past? : The Exemplars of Shorter Is Better and Oral Is the New IV
Happy new year #IDTwitter
EnJoy academic.oup.com/ofid/advance-a…

Question for ID colleagues 🦠

Pt with osteomyelitis, wound Cx positive for MSSA and Enterococcus faecalis. BCx remain negative.

Would you be comfortable with piperacillin-tazobactam or ampicillin-sulbactam monotherapy? 🤔

#IDTwitter #TwitteRx

A special shout out and a PAT on the back to OPAT pharmacists everywhere! Take some time today to educate others about the pharmacist's role in outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy and complex outpatient antimicrobial therapy! #OPAT #COpAT #SIDPAdvocacy

🚨Looking for a General ID consult pharmacist @UTSWNews with opportunity to rotate on OPAT/ambulatory stewardship. How cool is that?!

Job posting here ➡️jobs.utsouthwestern.edu/job/16523965/c…

Interested/questions? Reach out to any one of us! Maggie Monogue James Sanders Christina Yen Brad Cutrell, MD, FIDSA

We love an OPAT study! Dr. Rodriguez dives into the economic burden of AE of OPAT treatments @IDWeek2022 ACCP INFD PRN

Go queen!

▶️ #IDWeek2022 OPAT Poster

Within overall dalbavancin experience, we reviewed 16 patients that retrospectively fit inclusion as primary therapy for complicated S.aureus (cSA) infections w/bacteremia (started within 10d) as defined by the enrolling DOTS clinical trial. 1/3

🆕💥💥Article Warren Rose George Sakoulas will create much debate in #IDTwitter community
Approaching 65 Years: Is it Time to Consider Retirement of Vancomycin for Treating MRSA Endovascular Infections? Todd C. Lee Brad Spellberg @wfwrighID #TwitteRx academic.oup.com/ofid/advance-a…

Check out our @IDWeek2022 poster at #1998!

We compared early oral step-down to IV-only abx course in cIAI in a single-center retrospective study. Very relevant to OPAT!

A huge shoutout to Stephanie (PGY1) for her hard work! Brad Cutrell, MD, FIDSA James Sanders Meagan Johns UTSW Infectious Diseases & Geographic Medicine

Sad to miss out on @IDWeek2022. Instead, I get to be everything tomorrow, alpha and omega.😜Maggie Monogue Brad Cutrell, MD, FIDSA Christina Yen James Sanders Tyla Carettini

Woohoo go my brother-in-law!

We are so sad to see ⁦Sarah Spitznogle⁩ move back to New York 😭😭she’s a rockstar ✨

But if you want a cool job title (Tx ID pharmD), eat tacos for all 3 meals, be part of a fun, brilliant ID team - look no further

job is posted here ⬇️
jobs.utsouthwestern.edu/job/16523965/c…