Inpatient Direct Oral Penicillin Challenge – A Large Prospective Cohort Study

Penicillin allergies are associated with inferior patient and antimicrobial stewardship outcomes. The long-term implementation (3.5 years) of a whole-of-hospital program to assess the safety of inpatient delabeling by direct oral challenge for low-risk penicillin allergies in hospitalized inpatients at Austin Hospital and the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia was described here.

Source: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology - February 1, 2023 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Kyra Chua, Sara Vogrin, Jamie Waldron, Elise Mitri, Rebecca Hall, Ana Maria Copaescu, Natasha Holmes, Jason Trubiano Source Type: research