SA Home Care is the only doctor-led multidisciplinary homecare organisation in South Africa. Our services go beyond traditional home nursing offered by other service providers. A medical doctor will prescribe the infusions and a SA Home Care registered nurse will administer the infusions and liaise with the doctor.

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Infusion Care
What Is Infusion Care?
SA Home Care is the only doctor-led multidisciplinary homecare organisation in South Africa.
Our services go beyond traditional home nursing o ered by other service providers.
A medical doctor will prescribe the infusions and a SA Home Care registered nurse will
administer the infusions and liaise with the doctor.
Infusion Care Services
Infusion therapy is when medication is delivered into the vein via a needle or catheter. Home
infusion therapy is when a patient receives the therapy outside a hospital or clinical setting. It is
safe, more cost e ective and convenient for patients without the unintended consequences of
hospital-incurred in ection. (a.k.a Super bugs)
 These services are provided by registered nurses.
Home Care Service Provided For These
Conditions
Some of the treatments that home infusion care can include:
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 Antibiotics – used to treat a number of infectious and chronic conditions, including
respiratory issues and transplant infections.
 Parenteral nutrition – for conditions such as stomach cancers and other gastric diseases
where patients cannot process nutrients through the stomach or intestines.
 Enteral nutrition – feeding tube treatments may be required for patients with advanced
Alzheimer’s or other conditions where eating with the mouth is prohibited.
 Cardiac therapies – which may include blood-thinning infusions or treatment for
in ammations in the circulatory system.
 IV/Sub-Q Gamma Globulin – this covers a number of chronic illnesses in which the body is
unable to produce appropriate antibodies.
 Pain management – which can include steroids and IVIG treatments for conditions such as
rheumatoid arthritis.
 Anti-emetics – this can be precipitated by an actual condition or may be a conjunct treatment
for other therapies such as chemotherapy.
 Hemophilia therapies – these often include IVIG treatments and other medications which
assist in elevating clotting factors within the body.
 General hydration – this treatment may be adjunct to other infusion therapies or may be
required for patients with severe chronic conditions, or cognitive disorders and dementias,
which prevent patients from hydrating themselves properly.
As there are a number of conditions that can call for some form of infusion therapy, home
infusion care gives patients a greater freedom for well-being while still following the prescribed
drug protocols.
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
Further, international studies (2001 to current) have documented compelling evidence as to the economics of homecare in lieu of hospitalisation.
AUSTRALIAN STUDY
In-home Hospitalisation is 38% cheaper than in-hospital care.
(Macintyre, CR et al. 2002. International Journal for Quality in Healthcare
14; 4; 285 – 239)
USA STUDY
Coordinated, managed home care reduces hospitalisations by a third
over a ve-year period. (Shaughnessy, PW et al. 2002. Journal of
American Geriatrics Society 50: 1354 – 64)
UK STUDY
Palliative home care teams, as opposed to care provided in hospital to
outpatient clinics, reduce hospitalisation by about 10% and emergency
room admissions by 8%. (Seow, H et al. 2014. British Medical Journal.
384.)
SPANISH STUDY
Palliative home care teams reduce costs by 33.3% compared to costs of
in hospital care (Serrata, RS et al. 2001. Journal of Telemedicine and
Telecare. 7; 226 – 232.)

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