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Abstract Number: 18
REMOVING FALSELY REPORTED PENICILLIN AND BETA LACTAM ALLERGIES OF HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS IN 21 HOSPITAL RURAL HEALTH SYSTEM – BALLAD HEALTH
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Penicillin discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming, beginning of the antibiotic revolution. Penicillin as helped increase average life Span in USA from 47 years to 78.8 years. Beta lactam account to about 40% of total antibiotic use every year. 10% of patients in U.S. report penicillin allergy, but 9 out of 10 patients […]
Abstract Number: 125
OUTCOMES IN REPORTED PENICILLIN ALLERGIC MOTHERS AND THEIR INFANTS REQUIRING GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL (GBS) PROPHYLAXIS
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Pregnant patients labeled with a penicillin allergy (PcnA) and charted as Group B streptococcus (GBS) positive can spread this infection to their baby during a vaginal delivery resulting in serious illness for their newborns. GBS is the most common cause of infectious morbidity and mortality in the neonatal period during the first week of […]
Abstract Number: 232
CHARACTERIZING PHYSICIAN ANTIBIOTIC ORDERING PATTERNS FOR PATIENTS WITH DOCUMENTED PENICILLIN ALLERGIES IN THE ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Penicillin class antibiotics are the most frequently reported drug allergy in the electronic health record (EHR), but recent studies find
Abstract Number: 320
SELF-REPORTED PENICILLIN ALLERGY: PREVALENCE AND CHARACTERISTICS AMONG ADULTS ADMITTED TO A COMMUNITY HOSPITAL IN SOUTH BRONX
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Self-reported penicillin (PCN) allergy affects 7-10% of the community population and affects almost 20% of hospitalized patients nationally [1,2]. Mislabeling of side effects (gastrointestinal symptoms) or coincidental events (headache) as a true allergic reaction (IgE-mediated type I hypersensitivity) contributes largely to statistics. In recent studies, the rate of positive skin test results to PCN […]
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