A Community Care Model of Intravenous Antibiotic Therapy for Injection Drug Users with Deep Tissue Infection for "Reduce Leaving Against Medical Advice".

Deep tissue infection is a serious sequela that often demands intravenous (IV) antibiotic treatment. With respect to IV drug users (IDU's), research and lived experience demonstrates a trend of failed treatment outcomes, most notably associated with leaving hospital against medical advice (LAMA) prior to treatment completion, increased adverse outcomes and patient hardship. This paper examines an alternative model for delivering and completing IV antibiotic treatment to IDU's in a community care setting.