Braun KK

• • Sijbom M
  • Braun KK
  • Büchner FL
  • van Bodegom-Vos L
  • Hendriks BJC
  • de Boer MGJ
  • Numans ME
  • Lambregts MMC

  (2022). Cues to improve antibiotic-allergy registration: A mixed-method study. PloS one, 17(4), e0266473. 10.1371/journal.pone.0266473
  
  Themes: ThemeA ThemeC , Datasources: Gpdata
  
  Approximately 2% of patients in primary care practice and up to 25% of hospital patients are registered as being allergic to an antibiotic. However, up to 90% of these registrations are incorrect, leading to unnecessary prescription of 2nd choice antibiotics with the attendant loss of efficacy, increased toxicity and antibiotic resistance. To improve registration, a better understanding is needed of how incorrect labels are attributed.