Open AccessPenicillin Allergy Evaluation Access: A National Survey
Author(s) -
Christian Mancini,
Xiaoqing Fu,
Yuqing Zhang,
Kristi Kuper,
Lucas T Schulz,
Tanaya Bhowmick,
Michael Postelnick,
Francesca Lee,
Rochelle P. Walensky,
Kimberly G. Blumenthal
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases/clinical infectious diseases (online. university of chicago. press)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciaa567
Subject(s) - medicine , penicillin , penicillin allergy , allergy , family medicine , pediatrics , antibiotics , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
In a study of 121 hospitals from 38 US states, 44% had access to an allergist for inpatient consultations and 39% had access to inpatient penicillin skin testing, indicating that the majority of US hospitals lack sufficient resources to address inpatient penicillin allergies.