Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (OPAT) at UPMC

The OPAT program at the UPMC Center for Care of Infectious Diseases cares for patients discharged to a home, or nursing facility on a course of intravenous (IV) antibiotics.

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To learn more about UPMC Center for Care of Infectious Diseases or to make an appointment, call 412-647-7228 or 1-877-788-7228.

OPAT programs can help manage many types of infections, such as:

Heart infections (endocarditis).
Bone infections (osteomyelitis).
Skin and soft tissue infections.
Brain (CNS) infections.
Intraabdominal infections
Lung infections
Bloodstream infections

The goals of our program are to:

Provide expert care to patients on IV antibiotics.
Manage side effects and infections.
Reduce the need for hospital readmissions.

Patient Care in the OPAT Management Program

The OPAT program patient care team includes infectious disease doctors, nurses, and infectious diseases pharmacists.

Providers work with patients who require IV antibiotics to design a complete and personalized treatment plan.
Visiting home nurses take blood work and help patients with their medication.
Pharmacists and nurses work with infectious diseases providers to monitor the IV antibiotic treatment.

The type of antibiotic and the length of treatment vary based on each person's condition. Most patients receive their IV antibiotic treatment through a central IV catheter such as a PICC line or port.

The OPAT management team also keeps other treating physicians informed of the patient's progress during treatment.

Learn More About the OPAT Program

For more information on the OPAT management program, call 412-647-7228.

OPAT has program locations at:

We offer follow-up outpatient visits while you’re on IV antibiotics in our offices, via home telemedicine video visits, and at the telemedicine centers at UPMC Northwest and the UPMC Outpatient Center at Westgate Plaza in New Castle.

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