Digital Decision Support Tool Aims to Optimise Beta-Lactam Use in Patients with Reported Penicillin Allergies
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·8 June 2026
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·clinical-trialsA completed Spanish study evaluated a digital clinical decision support tool to optimise beta-lactam antibiotic prescribing in hospitalised patients with reported penicillin allergies. The intervention addressed the challenge that over 90% of patients with penicillin allergy labels receive alternative antibiotics despite fewer than 10% having confirmed allergies.
Originally reported by ClinicalTrials.gov
References
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