Abstract
Penicillins are a commonly labeled drug allergy, and yet, many patients are inappropriately labeled with this allergy status.1 Medical staff may not have adequate training or time to evaluate a patient's drug allergy history to determine if a labeled allergy is a true allergy. Implications of having a penicillin allergy label include the use of second-line antibiotics, risk of adverse effects, antibiotic resistance, increased inpatient/outpatient costs, and increased mortality.2 Therefore, it is important to prevent erroneous relabeling of penicillin allergy labels.
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