Antibiotic allergy labels appeared strongly associated with disease burden but not with hospital length of stay, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.
“While implementing an inpatient penicillin delabeling program at our institution, we were evaluating the potential economic impact of such a program,” Derek Lanoue, MD, MEcon, a PGY3 internal medicine resident at University of Ottawa, told Healio.
Lanoue and his colleagues reviewed studies showing increased lengths of hospital stays among patients with penicillin allergies. Based on their