Multifaceted implementation strategy to improve the evaluation of penicillin allergies in perioperative patients: a pre-post feasibility implementation study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention encourages nurses to evaluate penicillin allergies as part of hospital-based antibiotic stewardship programs. We evaluated the feasibility of an implementation strategy to improve nurses' comprehensive documentation of penicillin allergies. We defined feasibility as the uptake and acceptability of documentation procedures.

Design

Six-month pre-post feasibility implementation study.

Setting

Outpatient surgical areas of an academic medical center located in the U.S.

Intervention

The implementation strategy was guided by the Capability, Opportunity, Motivation Model for Behavior Change and included, building an interdisciplinary coalition to iteratively evaluate the implementation effort, educational me

SUBMITTER: Carter EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11663472 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature