Perceptions on Penicillin Allergy Labels among Nurses and Prescribers in Three Pediatric Urgent Care Sites

• Main Authors: Elizabeth Monsees (Author), Amanda Nedved (Author), Sarah Suppes (Author), Megan Whitt (Author), Brian Lee (Author), Diane Petrie (Author), Adrienne Olney (Author), Rana El Feghaly (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: National guidelines recommend penicillins (PCN) as first-line treatment for many common pediatric infections in the outpatient setting. Although less than 1% of the United States population has a true, IgE-mediated PCN-allergy, approximately 10% of patients are labeled with a PCN-allergy...