Using the Comparing Oral versus Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (COPAT) Clinical Trial to Influence Institutional Practice Transformation Towards Earlier Transition to Oral Antibiotics

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Joy J Juskowich · West Virginia University

Jesse Thompson · West Virginia University

Seyoum Bage · West Virginia University at Parkersburg

Karen M Palmateer · West Virginia University at Parkersburg

John Guilfoose · West Virginia University

Allison Lastinger · West Virginia University

Connie L. Smith

Abstract

Early oral antibiotic transition was significantly safer. At our academic health system, implementation of the COPAT Trial accelerated practice transformation.

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Antibiotic Use and Resistance Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research

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Published in: Clinical Infectious Diseases

DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaf707

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Using the Comparing Oral versus Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (COPAT) Clinical Trial to Influence Institutional Practice Transformation Towards Earlier Transition to Oral Antibiotics

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