ArticleEuropean journal of hospital pharmacy : science and practice2019
A UK hospital survey to explore healthcare professional views and attitudes to patients incorrectly labelled as penicillin allergic: an antibiotic stewardship patient safety project.
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- The combined use of natural language processing and electronic health records data to identify historical tolerances of β-lactams and promote clinician confidence in future use.Health systems (Basingstoke, England) · 2026Article
- Norwegian Anaesthesiologist's Perspectives on Perioperative Allergies and Penicillin Allergy Evaluations: A National Survey.Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica · 2025Article
- Assessing a penicillin allergy de-labelling implementation intervention in a UK hospital: a process evaluation reporting healthcare workers' experiences.JAC-antimicrobial resistance · 2025Article
- The application of antimicrobial stewardship knowledge to nursing practice: A national survey of United Kingdom pre-registration nursing students.Journal of advanced nursing · 2025Article
- "What if the patient has a severe reaction, and it is my fault?" A qualitative study exploring factors for sustainable implementation of penicillin allergy delabelling.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2024Article
- Experiences of an inpatient penicillin allergy de-labelling pathway: capturing the patient voice.JAC-antimicrobial resistance · 2024Article
- Non-allergist healthcare workers views on delivering a penicillin allergy de-labelling inpatient pathway: identifying the barriers and enablers.JAC-antimicrobial resistance · 2024Article
- Increasing patient-reported allergies are not associated with pain, functional outcomes, or satisfaction following medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction: a retrospective comparative cohort study.Knee surgery & related research · 2022Article
- Is spurious penicillin allergy a major public health concern only in high-income countries?BMJ global health · 2021Article
- Focus group study exploring the issues and the solutions to incorrect penicillin allergy-labelled patients: an antibiotic stewardship patient safety initiative.European journal of hospital pharmacy : science and practice · 2021Article
- Using simulation to help healthcare professionals relaying patient information during telephone conversations.Heliyon · 2020Article
- Strategies for Clarifying Penicillin Allergies When Skin Testing Is Not an Option.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Review
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Abstract
objectivesTo ascertain the views, beliefs and attitudes of hospital staff to incorrect penicillin allergy records in order to determine healthcare worker motivation for the implementation of a penicillin de-labelling antibiotic stewardship intervention at the study hospital.
methodsAn electronic questionnaire (SurveyMonkey) was distributed to medical, nursing and pharmacy staff at a 750-bed teaching district general hospital with no specialist allergy service.
results193 staff responded (58% medical, 31% nursing and 11% pharmacy). Virtually all staff had encountered patients who believed themselves to be penicillin allergic, but felt the patient's belief to be erroneous. The potential negative consequences of an incorrectly assigned penicillin allergy label were acknowledged by the majority of respondents. In total, 188/190 (99%) of staff thought patients having an incorrect allergy status to penicillin was a problem and required a solution. Staff reported they would feel confident using a validated evidence-based question tool to de-label patients incorrectly labelled as penicillin allergic if the process was supported by Trust management, although many still felt apprehensive about de-labelling patients for fear of patient harm through inappropriate de-labelling.
conclusionsA penicillin allergy de-labelling intervention would be well supported by healthcare workers at the study hospital, demonstrating a receptive environment for this behavioural change intervention. Further exploration of the barriers and levers to introducing an intervention is required using behavioural change methodology in order to design a successful de-labelling intervention.
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