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  • Clinical Informatics
  • Infectious Disease Prevention
  • Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis

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  • Inadequate penicillin allergy documentation in EHRs leads to suboptimal antibiotic choices.
  • Concerns about cefazolin cross-reactivity with penicillin often result in the use of less effective antibiotics.
  • Suboptimal antibiotic prophylaxis is linked to increased surgical site infection risk.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To enhance the documentation of penicillin allergies within the EHR.
  • To increase the preoperative use of cefazolin for surgical prophylaxis in patients with reported penicillin allergies.

Main Methods:

  • A quasi-experimental quality improvement study was conducted.
  • A penicillin allergy questionnaire was implemented to improve EHR documentation.
  • Compared outcomes before and after the intervention in elective surgery patients.

Main Results:

  • Cefazolin use for surgical prophylaxis significantly increased post-intervention (13.0% to 41.2%).
  • Detailed penicillin allergy documentation improved dramatically (2.0% to 50.6%).
  • No significant difference in 30-day surgical site infection rates was observed.

Conclusions:

  • Implementing a penicillin allergy questionnaire and EHR tool improved preoperative cefazolin use.
  • Enhanced allergy documentation facilitates appropriate antibiotic selection for surgical prophylaxis.
  • Quality improvement in allergy documentation can optimize surgical care.