Table 1

Basic data to be collected at baseline visit

I. General information about OPAT

  1. End of treatment

  2. Aftercare

II. Sociodemographic data

  1. Gender

  2. Age

  3. Highest general education certificate

  4. Highest completed professional training

  5. Nationality

  6. Marital status

  7. Household members

  8. Household income

III. Socioeconomic parameters

  1. Incapacity to work (at present)

  2. Health insurance

  3. Sick leave in the last 12 months

  4. Current professional situation

IV. Medical parameters

  1. Present infection

  2. Existing resistances before starting OPAT

  3. Laboratory parameters at the beginning of OPAT, during OPAT and at the end of OPAT (C reactive protein, creatinine, aspartate transaminase, alanine transaminase, leucocytes)

  4. Anti-infective substance used

  5. Accompanying medication

  6. Nosocomial infection occured

  7. Level measurements of anti-infective drug

  8. Side effects (due to medication or catheter)

  9. Planned duration of therapy

  10. Rehospitalisation (due to complication of catheter, worsening of the infection, deterioration of the medical condition)

V. Processing of the OPAT

  1. Type of venous access

  2. Catheter-related complications

  3. Difficulty of implementation

  4. Check-ups

  5. Rehospitalisation

  • OPAT, outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy.