Requirements for a successful outpatient program.
| • Adequate institutional infrastructure |
| • Dedicated team of healthcare providers |
| • Availability of local epidemiologic and susceptibility/resistance data |
| • Selection of appropriate (not just convenient) empiric regimens |
| • Adequate follow-up and monitoring of patients in the outpatient setting (clinic or office) |
| • Motivated, compliant patients and family (or other support personnel) |
| • Adequate transportation and communication |
| • Access 24 hours a day to management team and ambulatory care facility (Emergency department; hot-line to answer questions) |
| • Adequate institutional infrastructure |
| • Dedicated team of healthcare providers |
| • Availability of local epidemiologic and susceptibility/resistance data |
| • Selection of appropriate (not just convenient) empiric regimens |
| • Adequate follow-up and monitoring of patients in the outpatient setting (clinic or office) |
| • Motivated, compliant patients and family (or other support personnel) |
| • Adequate transportation and communication |
| • Access 24 hours a day to management team and ambulatory care facility (Emergency department; hot-line to answer questions) |