Penicillin Allergy Delabeling: A Multidisciplinary Opportunity.

ABSTRACT: The penicillin allergy label has been consistently linked with deleterious effects that span the health care spectrum, including suboptimal clinical outcomes, the emergence of bacterial resistance, and increased health care expenditures. These risks have recently motivated professional organizations and public health institutes to advocate for the implementation of penicillin allergy delabeling initiatives; however, the burden of delabeling millions of patients is too expansive for any one discipline to bear alone. This review presents the unique perspectives and roles of various stakeholder groups involved in penicillin allergy diagnosis, assessment, and delabeling; we emphasize opportunities, barriers, and promising areas of innovation. We summarize penicillin allergy methods and tools t

SUBMITTER: Staicu ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8019188 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature