By Ethan Covey
The use of an allergy assessment tool to determine if patients have an allergy to antibiotics in the presurgical setting increases the likelihood of patients receiving first-line beta-lactam surgical prophylaxis, according to a new study.
The tool may help cut down on the risk for surgical site infections by allowing health care professionals (HCPs) to prescribe the most optimal preoperative antibiotics (Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2019 Sep 30. [Epub ahead of print]. doi: