Parental Perceptions of Penicillin Allergy Risk Stratification and Delabeling.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Penicillin (PCN) allergy labels are widely recognized to be highly inaccurate. Little is known about parental perceptions of the PCN allergy evaluation and removal process, especially in the hospital setting.

Methods

Focus groups were held with parents of children and adolescents with a PCN allergy label discharged from a large academic children's hospital between January 1, 2019, and April 15, 2020. The open-ended, semistructured moderator guide included questions about PCN allergy testing and evaluation, accuracy of the PCN allergy diagnosis, amoxicillin oral challenges, delabeling process, and preferred setting for PCN allergy delabeling evaluation (outpatient clinic, hospital, etc). Study investigators coded the transcripts and identified underlying themes usi

SUBMITTER: Antoon JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10071421 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature