U.S., May 23 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07604597) titled 'A Digital Stewardship Strategy for Patients With Reported Penicillin Allergy' on May 18.
Brief Summary: The goal of this clinical study is to evaluate whether a digital decision support tool integrated into the electronic medical record improves antibiotic prescribing in hospitalized patients with a reported allergy to penicillin.
Around 5 out of 100 hospitalized patients at our center have a penicillin allergy label in their medical record. However, this allergy is confirmed in less than 10 out of 100 cases. Despite this, more than 90 out of 100 of these patients receive alternative antibiotics that may be less effective or less al...