Things We Do For No Reason™: Failing to Question a Penicillin Allergy History

Renee S Kleris; Patricia L Lugar

doi:10.12788/jhm.3170

Things We Do For No Reason™: Failing to Question a Penicillin Allergy History

J Hosp Med. 2019 Nov;14(11):704-706. doi: 10.12788/jhm.3170.

Authors

Renee S Kleris¹, Patricia L Lugar^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
² Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.

Abstract

Inspired by the ABIM Foundation's Choosing Wisely^® campaign, the "Things We Do for No Reason™" (TWDFNR) series reviews practices that have become common parts of hospital care but may provide little value to our patients. Practices reviewed in the TWDFNR series do not represent "black and white" conclusions or clinical practice standards but are meant as a starting place for research and active discussions among hospitalists and patients. We invite you to be part of that discussion.

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