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Table 3 Outcomes of institution-specific de-labelling protocols

From: Penicillin de-labelling in vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: comparison of approaches, outcomes and future directions

 

St. Paul’s Hospital1

Vancouver General Hospital

BC Women’s Hospital

Lion’s Gate Hospital

BC Children’s Hospital

Total

Inpatient Program

Bone Marrow Transplant Program

Total participants enrolled in penicillin de-labelling program

132

109

56

180

214

20

711

Total participants approached who did not enroll in penicillin de-labelling program

Not available

96

6

0

Not available

Not available

102

De-labelled based on history

40

58

10

6

89

1

204

Penicillin skin testing

75

15

14

41

64

1

210

Negative penicillin skin testing

75

15

14

40

58

1

203

Oral challenge after negative penicillin skin test

72

155

14

40

58

1

200

Adverse reactions with oral challenge after negative skin test

1

1

0

0

1

0

3

Direct oral challenge

17

36

32

126

61

17

289

Adverse events with direct oral challenge

0

0

2

42

0

0

6

Total de-labelled

131

108

54

178

207

19

697

% De-labelled

99.2%

99.1%

96.4%

98.8%

96.7%

95%

98.0%

  1. 1SPH: Data was only provided for January 1, 2020-January 1, 2021 due to an EMR change in November 2019 making it difficult to extract data
  2. 2Two patients with a delayed rash and one with nausea, emesis and subjective pruritis. They were de-labelled, but a mild delayed reaction was documented in their chart