This study recruits patients who have had an allergy label and through history, skin tests, blood tests and supervised re-challenge determines whether this is likely to be a true allergy or if the allergy label can be safely removed.
Sponsor
Alfred Health
Funding
National Health & Medical Research Council
Principal Investigator/s
Alfred Health Principal Investigator: Jason A. Trubiano
Peter Mac Principal Investigator: Prof Monica Slavin
Contact details
Prof Monica Slavin
Peter Mac Principal Investigator - Head of Infectious Diseases and Infection Control
Email: [email protected]
Jason A. Trubiano
Alfred Health Principal Investigator
Phone: (03) 9076 2000
Publications & presentations
Trubiano JA, Chen C, Cheng AC, Grayson ML, Slavin MA, Thursky KA; National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey (NAPS). Antimicrobial allergy 'labels' drive inappropriate antimicrobial prescribing: lessons for stewardship. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2016 Feb 18. pii: dkw008. [Epub ahead of print]
Trubiano JA, Leung VK, Chu MY, Worth LJ, Slavin MA, Thursky KA. The impact of antimicrobial allergy labels on antimicrobial usage in cancer patients. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2015 Jun 1;4:23.
