

Intravenous to Oral Switch: Within Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (IVOST)
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Intravenous to Oral Switch: Within Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (IVOST) at FutureLearn Overview
Intravenous to Oral Switch: Within Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (IVOST)
at FutureLearn
Duration | 4 weeks |
Total fee | ₹2,763 |
Mode of learning | Online |
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Credential | Certificate |
Intravenous to Oral Switch: Within Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (IVOST) at FutureLearn Highlights
Intravenous to Oral Switch: Within Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (IVOST)
at FutureLearn
- Duration 4 weeks
- Weekly study 3 hours
- 100% online Learn at your own pace
Intravenous to Oral Switch: Within Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (IVOST) at FutureLearn Course details
Intravenous to Oral Switch: Within Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (IVOST)
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More about this course
- The use of intravenous antimicrobials and complex oral antimicrobial regimes within outpatient clinical environments is helping with non-admission to and early discharge from hospital. The course will lead you through the principles underlying these therapies, how to determine their suitability, and key practices for prescribers.
- This course -by experts from the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy- is for healthcare workers who prescribe and administer antibiotics. It explores the benefits and barriers of IVOST and complex oral antimicrobial therapy in the context of an OPAT service.
Intravenous to Oral Switch: Within Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (IVOST) at FutureLearn Curriculum
Intravenous to Oral Switch: Within Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (IVOST)
at FutureLearn
Introduction to IVOST and OPAT
Welcome to week 1
Setting the scene
The basics of switching from OPAT to oral antibiotics - Case 1
Advanced switching from OPAT to oral antibiotics - Case 2
End of Week 1
Monitoring complex oral antibiotic therapy in an OPAT service
Welcome to Week 2
What is complex outpatient oral antibiotic therapy?
Linezolid monitoring
Referral, monitoring and follow-up
End of Week 2
Other complex oral antibiotics
Welcome to Week 3
What other complex antibiotics are available?
End of Week 3
Running a COPAT service
Introduction to the final week
The COPAT team
Out-of-hours arrangements for COPAT patients
Discharge and follow-up
Clinical Governance
End of course
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