Oral amoxicillin challenges for low-risk penicillin-allergic patients at a large Veterans Affairs facility: a retrospective feasibility analysis
We retrospectively reviewed the records of 136 veterans with a penicillin allergy label during a quality improvement initiative. We identified 82 inpatients eligible for removal of penicillin allergy by oral amoxicillin challenge, including 40 out of 82 (48%) still eligible after accounting for othe...
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| author | Jessica M. Guastadisegni Misozi K. Kolala Jazmyn M. Criss Marcus A. Kouma Donald F. Storey Reuben J. Arasaratnam |
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| description | We retrospectively reviewed the records of 136 veterans with a penicillin allergy label during a quality improvement initiative. We identified 82 inpatients eligible for removal of penicillin allergy by oral amoxicillin challenge, including 40 out of 82 (48%) still eligible after accounting for other limiting factors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-046bc6827699408094e36578a2db857c2024-01-11T09:48:16ZengCambridge University PressAntimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology2732-494X2024-01-01410.1017/ash.2023.532Oral amoxicillin challenges for low-risk penicillin-allergic patients at a large Veterans Affairs facility: a retrospective feasibility analysisJessica M. Guastadisegni0Misozi K. Kolala1Jazmyn M. Criss2Marcus A. Kouma3https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8723-5314Donald F. Storey4https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4798-3027Reuben J. Arasaratnam5https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4525-6539Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System, Dallas, TX, USAVeterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System, Dallas, TX, USAVeterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System and Dallas VA Research Corporation, Dallas, TX, USAVeterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System, Dallas, TX, USAVeterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USAVeterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USAWe retrospectively reviewed the records of 136 veterans with a penicillin allergy label during a quality improvement initiative. We identified 82 inpatients eligible for removal of penicillin allergy by oral amoxicillin challenge, including 40 out of 82 (48%) still eligible after accounting for other limiting factors.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2732494X23005326/type/journal_article |
| spellingShingle | Jessica M. Guastadisegni Misozi K. Kolala Jazmyn M. Criss Marcus A. Kouma Donald F. Storey Reuben J. Arasaratnam Oral amoxicillin challenges for low-risk penicillin-allergic patients at a large Veterans Affairs facility: a retrospective feasibility analysis Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology |
| title | Oral amoxicillin challenges for low-risk penicillin-allergic patients at a large Veterans Affairs facility: a retrospective feasibility analysis |
| title_full | Oral amoxicillin challenges for low-risk penicillin-allergic patients at a large Veterans Affairs facility: a retrospective feasibility analysis |
| title_fullStr | Oral amoxicillin challenges for low-risk penicillin-allergic patients at a large Veterans Affairs facility: a retrospective feasibility analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Oral amoxicillin challenges for low-risk penicillin-allergic patients at a large Veterans Affairs facility: a retrospective feasibility analysis |
| title_short | Oral amoxicillin challenges for low-risk penicillin-allergic patients at a large Veterans Affairs facility: a retrospective feasibility analysis |
| title_sort | oral amoxicillin challenges for low risk penicillin allergic patients at a large veterans affairs facility a retrospective feasibility analysis |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2732494X23005326/type/journal_article |
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