Distribution of PEN-FAST scores across a large health system: an opportunity for penicillin-allergy delabeling
A substantial opportunity remains to improve the assessment and documentation of penicillin allergies throughout the healthcare system. Utilizing the electronic health record to prompt frontline staff to use validated risk assessment tools may improve documentation of allergies and support better management of patients with penicillin allergy labels.
Authors
- C. Su
- Muhammad Yasser Alsafadi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0276-7910)
- Fadi Shehadeh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9552-4004)
- Natalie A. Finch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0888-5943)
- Wesley Hoffmann
- Nicole A Teran
- Shemual Tsai
- Shivani Patel
Institutions
- Texas Medical Center (US)
- Methodist Hospital (US)
- Methodist Hospital (US)
- Methodist West Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
- Published
- 2026-03-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2026.10426
- Primary Topic
- Drug-Induced Adverse Reactions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00