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Impact of an inpatient nurse-initiated penicillin allergy delabeling questionnaire

Penicillin allergy delabeling is an important component of antimicrobial stewardship and improves patient outcomes. We demonstrated the successful use of a nurse-initiated questionnaire to remove inappropriate penicillin allergy labels in inpatients. Nurses can play a key role in improving antibioti...

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Autores principales: Bediako, Hilary, Dutcher, Lauren, Rao, Aditi, Sigafus, Kristen, Harker, Christina, Hamilton, Keith W., Fadugba, Olajumoke
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9726580/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36483390
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ash.2022.55
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Sumario:Penicillin allergy delabeling is an important component of antimicrobial stewardship and improves patient outcomes. We demonstrated the successful use of a nurse-initiated questionnaire to remove inappropriate penicillin allergy labels in inpatients. Nurses can play a key role in improving antibiotic allergy assessment and more broadly in interprofessional antimicrobial stewardship.