Evaluating the impact of electronic β-lactam allergy alert suppression on antibiotic prescribing practices
β-lactam allergy alert suppression yielded a significant reduction in initial composite prescribing of alternative agents. These findings, and the comparable rates of new allergies recorded in the postimplementation group, suggest that alert suppression may be safe and clinically meaningful in antibiotic selection.
Authors
- Samantha D. Walker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1856-3357)
- Brandon Hawkins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7735-1130)
- Jason Tuttle
- E. Anderson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7331-3947)
- Skyler Brown (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6865-126X)
- John R. Yates (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8117-4536)
- Brooke Hendrix Brown
- J Morgan Knight
Institutions
- University of Tennessee Medical Center (US)
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy
- Published
- 2026-03-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ajhp/zxag067
- Primary Topic
- Drug-Induced Adverse Reactions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00