Open AccessAntimicrobial allergy ‘labels’ drive inappropriate antimicrobial prescribing: lessons for stewardship
Author(s) -
Jason A. Trubiano,
Caroline Chen,
Allen C. Cheng,
M. Lindsay Grayson,
Monica A. Slavin,
Karin Thursky
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkw008
Subject(s) - antimicrobial stewardship , antimicrobial , anti infective agents , medicine , intensive care medicine , allergy , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , antibiotic resistance , biology
The presence of antimicrobial allergy designations ('labels') often substantially reduces prescribing options for affected patients, but the frequency, accuracy and impacts of such labels are unknown.
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