Coroner issues warning after fatal penicillin treatment

A coroner has asked a hospital trust to explain its policy on patients’ allergy status following the death of a patient who was given a penicillin-based antibiotic, despite her GP record showing a known allergy to the drug. Joanne Lees, an area coroner for the Black Country, issued a Prevention of Future Deaths report on […]

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Pharmaceutical journal/˜The œpharmaceutical journal
Published
2025-01-01
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https://doi.org/10.1211/pj.2025.1.367796
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Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions
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Coroner issues warning after fatal penicillin treatment

Pharmaceutical journal/˜The œpharmaceutical journal
Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions
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Coroner issues warning after fatal penicillin treatment

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Abstract

A coroner has asked a hospital trust to explain its policy on patients’ allergy status following the death of a patient who was given a penicillin-based antibiotic, despite her GP record showing a known allergy to the drug. Joanne Lees, an area coroner for the Black Country, issued a Prevention of Future Deaths report on […]

Pharmaceutical journal/˜The œpharmaceutical journal
Good health and well-being
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Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions
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