Category Allergy
Can I safely delabel a patient with a penicillin “allergy” history? The HNE PEN-fast scoring approach
Further to Professor Jason Trubiano’s instructive post last year concerning penicillin allergy and its risks of recurrence, here is the HNE approach to using the PEN_fast score (that his team developed and validated). This approach is increasingly used across Australia and the world to screen patients and determine whether an allergy alert can be safely […]
Allergy to penicillin: what are the actual ongoing risks?
Guest posting: Professor Jason Trubiano Penicillin allergies are not always lifelong. Approximately 50% are lost over five years and 80% at 10 years. A reaction to penicillin, typically a benign rash during a childhood, is unlikely to be a true allergy, with more than 97% negative on allergy testing. Only 1–2% of patients with a […]
AIMED - Let's talk about antibiotics 