Outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy. Management of serious infections. Part II: Amenable infections and models for delivery. Infusion center, office, and home.

Outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT) administered in an infusion center often offers the advantages but not the expense of the hospital setting. Office-based OPAT maintains the physician-patient relationship but may be impractical for the physician. Home administration is ideal for selected patients, but when it is provided by an infusion company, the physician may be sidestepped.