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Who really knows their patients' penicillin adverse drug reaction status? A cross‐sectional survey
Author(s) -
Fehily S. R.,
Stuart R. L.,
Horne K.,
Korman T. M.,
Dendle C.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
internal medicine journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 1444-0903
DOI - 10.1111/imj.12634
Subject(s) - medicine , cross sectional study , penicillin , pharmacist , psychological intervention , adverse effect , adverse drug reaction , family medicine , antibiotics , drug , drug reaction , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , nursing , pharmacy , pharmacology , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Abstract This cross‐sectional survey of patients with adverse drug reactions ( ADR ) to penicillin and their treating doctor, nurse and pharmacist was undertaken to identify the extent of healthcare workers ( HCW ) awareness of their patients' ADR , and antibiotic use in hospital. There were 23 (38%) doctors, 53 (87%) nurses and 40 (66%) pharmacists who were aware of their patient's penicillin ADR , despite more than half of their patients receiving antibiotics. Interventions encouraging ‘double checking’ may improve antibiovigilance.