Complex Outpatient Antimicrobial Therapy (COpAT) Program
Overview
COpAT lets patients continue complex oral and intravenous antimicrobial regimens outside the hospital, with close monitoring and follow-up. At UCLA Health, the COpAT team coordinates follow-up visits and safe lab monitoring so patients can finish treatment at home, in clinic, at a dialysis center, or in a skilled nursing facility. This means shorter hospital stays and lower costs, including for multidrug-resistant infections and conditions such as endocarditis and osteomyelitis.
View COpAT Infographics →Program Goals
- Deliver safe, cost-effective, high-quality care for patients discharged on IV antimicrobials
- Prevent unnecessary readmissions and worsened infection
- Reduce the 30-day readmission rate and improve care in patients discharged with IV antibiotics
Service Locations
- Patient's home, with a home health company and home infusion company
- Skilled nursing facilities
- Hemodialysis units
- UCLA Health Clinics (Evaluation & Treatment Center, Santa Monica)
Fax
Lab orders to RightFax
(310) 206-8181
Contact
Lynn Chan, PharmD, BCIDPCOpAT Pharmacy LeadLynnChan@mednet.ucla.edu
Daniel McConville, MS, BSN, RN, ACRNCOpAT NurseDMcConville@mednet.ucla.edu
IV to PO Antimicrobial Conversion
Consider switching in the following scenarios
1
Clinically improvingAfebrile for 24–48 h
2
Hemodynamically stableNo pressors; vitals stable
3
Tolerating oral intakeFunctioning GI tract, no malabsorption
4
Active oral optionSource controlled; susceptible organism