{"id":3138,"date":"2021-03-30T15:17:44","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T19:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/casp\/?p=3138"},"modified":"2021-06-22T14:23:20","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T18:23:20","slug":"penicillin-allergy-assessment-tool-kit-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/casp\/2021\/03\/penicillin-allergy-assessment-tool-kit-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Penicillin Allergy Assessment Tool Kit Released"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"graphicAn estimated 10% of the US population reports having an allergic reaction to a penicillin-class antibiotic. However, when evaluated, fewer than 1% are truly allergic. Broad-spectrum antibiotics are a common alternative to penicillins and are associated with more side effects, higher healthcare costs, and antimicrobial resistance. When a patient\u2019s allergy is removed from their medical record after a medical evaluation, it is called de-labeling. De-labeling patients who are not truly allergic to penicillins is an important stewardship tool that decreases unnecessary use of broad-spectrum antibiotics.<\/p>\n

As a part of their work with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\u2019s Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement (IHQI), Renae Boerneke, PharmD, BCPS, CPP, and Mildred Kwan, MD, PhD, created a penicillin allergy assessment tool kit<\/a> to educate patients and their caregivers and to train healthcare providers on how to proactively assess penicillin allergies. For patients, they developed a fact sheet on why allergy assessment matters. They also developed step-by-step training materials for providers ready to provide assessments for their patients using an Epic SmartPhrase. (Provider resources require a UNC Health log-in.)<\/p>\n

In a related pilot<\/a> in December 2020, Ashlyn Norris, PharmD, delabeled nearly one in four (24%) of patients assessed in the UNC Medical Center Emergency Department. Boerneke, Kwan, and Norris agree that penicillin allergy assessments are good for patients and fighting antibiotic resistance alike.<\/p>\n

The Penicillin Allergy Assessment Tool Kit is a collaboration of the UNC Medical Center\u2019s Carolina Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, the UNC Division of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, and IHQI. Access the tool kit: https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/casp\/educational-resources\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An estimated 10% of the US population reports having an allergic reaction to a penicillin-class antibiotic. However, when evaluated, fewer than 1% are truly allergic. Broad-spectrum antibiotics are a common alternative to penicillins and are associated with more side effects, higher healthcare costs, and antimicrobial resistance. When a patient\u2019s allergy is removed from their medical … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103756,"featured_media":3144,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","odd"],"acf":[],"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/casp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/563\/2021\/03\/Penicillin-Allergy-Icon-1.png","featured_image_medium":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/casp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/563\/2021\/03\/Penicillin-Allergy-Icon-1-169x300.png","featured_image_medium_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/casp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/563\/2021\/03\/Penicillin-Allergy-Icon-1-768x1363.png","featured_image_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/casp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/563\/2021\/03\/Penicillin-Allergy-Icon-1-577x1024.png","featured_image_thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/casp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/563\/2021\/03\/Penicillin-Allergy-Icon-1-150x150.png","featured_image_alt":"cartoon image of medical toolbox","category_details":[{"name":"News","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/casp\/category\/news\/"}],"tag_details":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/casp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/casp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/casp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/casp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/103756"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/casp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/casp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/casp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/casp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/casp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/casp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}