A new service is being introduced at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley to help free up hospital beds and reduce the length of time patients need to spend in them.
Upwards of 11,000 bed days have been freed up in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde hospitals so far this year thanks to the service.
The Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (OPAT) service supports early discharge for patients with complex infections, who would otherwise require a long hospital stay, and provides an alternative to hospital admission for patients with other conditions requiring a shorter stay such as cellulitis or complicated urinary tract infection.
