PICC Your Battles: Considering the Appropriateness of Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) Lines for Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) in Injection Drug Users (IDUs)
Injection drug users (IDUs) requiring outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT) for injection-related infections are regularly de- nied the use of peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) lines based on the assumption that they will use the port to inject illicit drugs, and that it will...
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University of Ottawa
2017-06-01
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| Series: | University of Ottawa Journal of Medicine |
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| Online Access: | https://uottawa.scholarsportal.info/ottawa/index.php/uojm-jmuo/article/view/1983 |