Understanding Penicillin Allergy Labels
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Baptist Health gratefully acknowledges the commercial support provided by Cepheid for the Antimicrobial Stewardship e-learning Series.
Target Audience
Family Medicine Physicians, Internal Medicine Physicians, Hospitalists, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Nurse Practitioners, and all other prescribing providers.
Learning Objectives
- Differentiate timing and symptoms associated with IgE mediated versus non IgE mediated penicillin allergies.
- Evaluate penicillin allergy cross reactivity with other beta-lactam antibiotics to ensure accurate labeling and optimal patient care.
Timothy P. Gauthier, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCIDP
Director, ID PGY2 Pharmacy Residency Program
Manager, Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Program
Baptist Health South Florida
Miami, Florida
Timothy P. Gauthier, Pharm. D., BCPS, BCIDP, faculty for this educational activity, has indicated that he is a consultant with Pattern Biosciences (formerly Klaris diagnostics), DoseMeRx by Tabula rasa, Pfizer and MeMed. All of the relevant financial relationships listed for this individual have been mitigated.
Mark Hauser, M.D., conference director for this activity, has no relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies*.
Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies*
*Ineligible companies – Companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Baptist Health South Florida is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Baptist Health has been re-surveyed by the ACCME and awarded Commendation for 6 years as a provider of CME for physicians.
Baptist Health South Florida designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Available Credit
- 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 0.25 General certificate of attendance
- 0.25 Nurse Practitioners
- 0.25 Florida Board of Pharmacy
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