PMID- 12464794 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20021227 LR - 20191210 IS - 1533-1458 (Print) IS - 1533-1458 (Linking) VI - 25 IP - 6 DP - 2002 Nov-Dec TI - The changing face of Canadian home parenteral therapy. PG - 372-8 AB - This article describes the Calgary Health Region Home Parenteral Therapy Program (HPTP), which has successfully shifted infusion therapies such as anti-infectives, analgesics, hydration, vasodilators, glucocorticoids, and iron-chelating agents from the hospital to patients' homes. Particular attention is given to the parenteral administration of anti-infectives, which currently accounts for more than 95% of program adult therapy days. FAU - Goodwin, Diane D AU - Goodwin DD AD - Parenteral and Enteral Therapy Programs, Calgary Health Region, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. FAU - Hanson, Judith C AU - Hanson JC FAU - Berry, Cathy P AU - Berry CP LA - eng PT - Evaluation Study PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - J Infus Nurs JT - Journal of infusion nursing : the official publication of the Infusion Nurses Society JID - 101124170 RN - 0 (Anti-Bacterial Agents) MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Alberta MH - Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use MH - Cost-Benefit Analysis MH - Female MH - Home Infusion Therapy/economics/nursing/psychology/*trends MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Nursing Assessment MH - Nursing Evaluation Research MH - Organizational Innovation MH - Patient Education as Topic MH - Patient Satisfaction MH - Patient Selection MH - Program Evaluation MH - Referral and Consultation/organization & administration MH - Regional Medical Programs/*organization & administration EDAT- 2002/12/05 04:00 MHDA- 2002/12/28 04:00 CRDT- 2002/12/05 04:00 PHST- 2002/12/05 04:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2002/12/28 04:00 [medline] PHST- 2002/12/05 04:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1097/00129804-200211000-00005 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Infus Nurs. 2002 Nov-Dec;25(6):372-8. doi: 10.1097/00129804-200211000-00005.