Doubling of penicillin allergy reports may put a million hospital patients at greater risk each year

An analysis of hospital admissions data by  The Pharmaceutical Journal shows that between 2012/2013 and 2018/2019, the number of hospital admissions in England where the patient had a diagnostic ‘label’ of penicillin allergy almost doubled, from 575,000 to 1.1 million.
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research