revising penicillin allergy in the medical records, by taking full medical history and giving a challange test, in order to imrove the medical records and treatment possibilities.
issuing a list of patients with a title of penicillin allergy in their medical record. inviting these patients to an appointmnet with their family physician, in which a specific history will be take to evaluate the quality of the allergy. patients with suscpition of a life threatening allergic reaction will be reffered to an allergy clinic for the challange test. the rest of the pateints will be given the test in the primary clinic: 1ml (50 grams) of amoxicillin, and an hour later a full dose of 500 mg amoxicillin. after determining no allergic reaction develops the title will be erased from the medical record.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
100
chalange test of 50 mg, and after an hour 500 mg
immidiate urticarial reaction
shortness of breath, angioedema
Time frame: with 2 hours of test
rash
body rash or itch seen by patient or physician
Time frame: with 2 hours of test
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