Penicillin Allergy Evaluation Access: A National Survey. (18th May 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mancini, Christian M; Fu, Xiaoqing; Zhang, Yuqing; Kuper, Kristi; Schulz, Lucas T; Bhowmick, Tanaya; Postelnick, Michael; Lee, Francesca; Walensky, Rochelle P; Blumenthal, Kimberly G
• Is Part Of: Clinical infectious diseases. Volume 71:Number 11(2020)
• Page Start: 2972
• Page End: 2975
• Publication Date: 2020-05-18
• Subjects: beta-lactam -- hypersensitivity -- testing -- workforce -- skin test; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; 616.905
• DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa567
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1058-4838

Abstract

Abstract: In a study of 121 hospitals from 38 US states, 44% had access to an allergist for inpatient consultations and 39% had access to inpatient penicillin skin testing, indicating that the majority of US hospitals lack sufficient resources to address inpatient penicillin allergies.