The High Impact of Penicillin Allergy Registration in Hospitalized Patients

SM van Dijk, H Gardarsdottir, M Wassenburg. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2016;4(5):926–931 To assess the impact of a diagnosis of penicillin allergy in hospitalized patients. The study included all patients (children and adults) admitted at the University Medical Center in Utrecht, the Netherlands, over a 1-year period who underwent a standardized pharmacotherapeutic interview. There were 997 patients with documentation of penicillin allergy (Pen-A) and 2939 patients without documentation of penicillin allergy (non–Pen-A). This was a prospective, matched cohort study. Patients were registered as having penicillin allergy if the history demonstrated either an evaluation by …