Evaluation of a Pharmacist-Led Penicillin Allergy Assessment Program and Allergy Delabeling in a Tertiary Care Hospital.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Penicillin allergies are frequently mislabeled, which may contribute to use of less-preferred alternative antibiotics.

Objective

To evaluate a pharmacist-led allergy assessment program's association with antimicrobial use and clinical outcomes.

Design, setting, and participants

A pharmacist-led allergy assessment program was launched in 2 phases (June 1, 2015, and November 2, 2016) at a single-center tertiary referral hospital. The longitudinal cross-sectional study included all study period adult admissions; hospitalwide outcomes were assessed by segmented regression. Individual outcomes were assessed within an embedded propensity score-matched case-control study of inpatients undergoing comprehensive allergy assessment following self-report of penicillin

SUBMITTER: Turner NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8120333 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature