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Episode 918: What Happens If You Give a Cephalosporin to a Patient With Moderate, Severe, or Unknown Beta-Lactam Allergy?

Pharmacy Joe

Subscribe on iTunes , Android , or Stitcher The label of “penicillin allergic” usually sticks to a patient’s medical record forever. The trouble is that many recorded allergies are actually intolerances, such as nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. She experienced a rash to the nafcillin as an inpatient.

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Episode 641: How Pharmacists Can Improve Their Working Relationships With Physicians (and Nurses)

Pharmacy Joe

Don’t get me wrong – I’m not suggesting that you don’t document necessary pieces of information in the medical record, or that you don’t document your interventions. But for basic interventions like I just described, it makes the physician look good when they “fix up” orders based on your informal recommendations.