Bringing acute care into the home

A GPs guide to short term parenteral antibiotics

Our Hospital at the Home team delivered an accredited CPD session on the practical use of short term parenteral antibiotics for common presentations in General Practice, focusing on soft tissue infections.

The session covered the practical use of short term parenteral antibiotics for common presentations in General Practice, focusing on soft tissue infections.

Silverchain Acute Care WA Medical Directors, Dr Ligia Hernest and Dr Natalie Johntson discussed how this approach helps manage patients effectively in the community, reduces unnecessary hospital admissions, and eases the burden on emergency departments.

Learning outcomes

Those who attended the event were able to:

Identifypatient, environmental, and treatment considerations for community parenteral antibiotic suitability.
Recognise early or atypical presentations of sepsis, including subtle physiological changes.
Outline the management of common infectionsencounteredinGeneralPractice (egcellulitis, mastitis).
Coordinate referrals to available Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) services.

For information on our HATH service, contact us at SCReferrals@silverchain.org.au or call 1300 300 122.

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