Table 2 Summary statistics comparing pre-intervention antibiotic administration data with post-intervention antibiotic administration data for patients with penicillin allergies
Pre-intervention | Post-intervention | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Antibiotic doses administered | 4115 | 1310 | N/A |
Patients who received antibiotics | 969 | 355 | N/A |
Age [mean (SD)] | 64.79 (17.62) | 63.80 (17.50) | 0.079 |
Sex (%) | 0.667 | ||
Female | 2727 (66.3) | 859 (65.6) | |
Male | 1388 (33.7) | 451 (34.4) | |
Allergy severity (%) | 0.026 | ||
High | 974 (41.5) | 347 (43.3) | |
Medium | 267 (11.4) | 64 (8.0) | |
Low | 1107 (47.1) | 390 (48.7) | |
Reaction type (%) | 0.084 | ||
Systemic | 276 (53.9) | 103 (61.3) | |
Topical | 79 (15.4) | 26 (15.5) | |
Side effect | 74 (14.5) | 26 (15.5) | |
Intolerance | 47 (9.2) | 9 (5.4) | |
Not verified | 36 (7.0) | 4 (2.4) | |