Effect of a drug allergy educational program and antibiotic prescribing guideline on inpatient clinical providers' antibiotic prescribing knowledge.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Inpatient providers have varying levels of knowledge in managing patients with drug and/or penicillin (PCN) allergy.

Objectives

Our objectives were (1) to survey inpatient providers to ascertain their baseline drug allergy knowledge and preparedness in caring for patients with PCN allergy, and (2) to assess the impact of an educational program paired with the implementation of a hospital-based clinical guideline.

Methods

We electronically surveyed 521 inpatient providers at a tertiary care medical center at baseline and again 6 weeks after an educational initiative paired with clinical guideline implementation. The guideline informed providers on drug allergy history taking and antibiotic prescribing for inpatients with PCN or cephalosporin allergy.

Resu

SUBMITTER: Blumenthal KG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4309264 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature