Powell, N, West, R orcid.org/0000-0001-7305-3654 and Sandoe, J orcid.org/0000-0003-0193-8677 (2019) The impact of penicillin allergy records on carbapenem prescribing: an observational retrospective cohort study: Meropenem prescribing associated with penicillin allergy records. Journal of Hospital Infection, 101 (4). pp. 467-470. ISSN 0195-6701
Abstract
Penicillin allergy labels have been associated with second line antibiotic prescribing. This study measured the impact of penicillin allergy labels on meropenem prescribing. Rates of meropenem prescribing were compared between patients with a penicillin allergy record and patients without such a record. Potential confounders were also collected (age, sex, co-morbidity). Of the 21,272 patients with no penicillin allergy 225 (1.06%) were prescribed meropenem, whereas of the 3443 with penicillin allergy 240 (6.97%) were prescribed meropenem. Meropenem prescribing is associated with a patient's penicillin allergy record. Given that many penicillin allergy records are incorrect, addressing spurious penicillin allergy labels may reduce meropenem prescribing.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | Crown Copyright © 2018 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of The Healthcare Infection Society. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Journal of Hospital Infection. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > Institute of Molecular Medicine (LIMM) (Leeds) > Section of Molecular Gastroenterology (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Medicine (Leeds) > Leeds Institute of Health Sciences (Leeds) > Centre for Health Services Research (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 03 Jan 2019 09:43 |
Last Modified: | 06 Dec 2019 01:39 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.jhin.2018.11.020 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:140462 |