Pharmacist-managed service providing penicillin allergy skin tests

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1271-1275

  Wall, Geoffrey C ^a,b   Peters, Lisa ^c   Leaders, Catherine B ^d   Wille, James A ^c  

^a IOWA METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DRAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IMMC ^*

^d Blank Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergies; Drugs, adverse reactions; Penicillins; Pharmacists; Tests

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DYSPNEA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN TEST; URTICARIA;

EID: 8344284337     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajhp/61.12.1271     Document Type: Article

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