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Investigating the impact of a β-lactam allergy label on preoperative antibiotic prophylaxis administration.

Cynthia T NguyenKerilyn PetrucciEllen DailyAmanda M BrownNatasha N PettitJennifer Pisano
Published in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2020)
Patients with a BLA were more likely to receive inappropriate preoperative antibiotic prophylaxis, attributed to misinterpretation of BLA labels and antibiotic omissions. Optimizing antibiotic prophylaxis among patients with BLAs remains an area of opportunity to prevent SSIs.
Keyphrases
  • patients undergoing
  • klebsiella pneumoniae
  • escherichia coli
  • multidrug resistant
  • gram negative
  • infectious diseases