Intravenous antibiotic, antiviral and antifungal medications are used for the treatment of serious infections that cannot be treated with oral anti-infectives.  Some infections may take weeks or months to treat. Home infusion therapy make it possible for a patients to receive this treatment in their home instead of in a hospital or clinic setting  Common diagnoses for this therapy are pneumonia, bacteremia, endocarditis, cellulitis, and osteomyelitis.

Home anti-infective services include patient/caregiver education, medications, equipment/supplies, monitoring, and 24/7 access to an infusion clinician.

Hydration therapy is when fluid replacement solutions are given intravenously to patients that are prescribed this therapy due to dehydration.  This therapy can be given in the home with ongoing clinical monitoring.

When a patient cannot maintain adequate nutrient intake by mouth, a doctor may prescribe home nutrition support.  Enteral nutrition support is when the nutrition formula is given to a patient through a tube that enters the stomach or intestines.  Enteral nutrition is appropriate when the gastrointestinal system is functioning.

When the gastrointestinal system is not functioning adequately, parenteral nutrition may be prescribed.  Parenteral nutrition is a nutritional solution that is given through a catheter inserted into a patient’s blood stream.  These therapies have been used for many years to sustain and improve the nutritional status of individuals that cannot meet nutritional needs by mouth or by enteral nutrition.

Home nutrition support services include patient/caregiver education, nutrition formulas, equipment/supplies, monitoring, and 24/7 access to an infusion clinician.

Inotropes are medications that are used to manage advanced heart failure.  The goal of this therapy is to improve heart failure symptoms, improve quality of life, and/or act as a bridge to a heart transplant.  These medications can be administered intravenously in the home setting with appropriate monitoring and planning.

       Home intotropic services include patient/caregiver education, medications, equipment/supplies, monitoring, and 24/7 access to an infusion clinician

Immunoglobulin G, or IgG, is a type of medication used to treat different types of immune deficiencies.  These medications can be given intravenously (IVIG) or subcutaneously (SCIG) in a patient’s home.

       Home immunotherapy services include patient/caregiver education, medications, equipment/supplies, monitoring, and 24/7 access to an infusion clinician

Intravenous pain medications are sometimes prescribed by doctors to treat pain that cannot be managed by oral medications.   Infusion of these medications can be in the patient’s home.

Injectable mediations are given subcutaneously (under the skin), intramuscularly (into the muscle tissue),  or intravenously (into a vein). There are a variety of medications may fall into this category, including chelating agents, biological agents, and steroids.