In this video, Rebecca Saff, MD, PhD, allergy/immunology fellowship director and assistant physician at Massachusetts General ...

A patient safety alert has been issued following reports of patients with penicillin allergies being incorrectly recorded ...

NHS England warns of harmful penicillin–penicillamine mix-ups in prescribing systems and mandates urgent action to correct allergy records. Learn more.

A 3-year review of national incident data identified the death of a patient because of an anaphylactic reaction to a penicillin-based antibiotic. They were inadvertently prescribed this antibiotic ...

General practices and hospitals have been urged to act after a fatal mix-up in which a patient’s penicillin allergy was incorrectly recorded as a penicillamine allergy in their GP record. The death of ...

Affected patients may be contacted directly by a healthcare professional 🏥 ...

A 55-year-old white man with a medical history of well-controlled type 2 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia ...

Experienced nurses are being forced to accept lower paid roles in favour of flexible working opportunities and to escape ...

Hyderabad: Film Nagar police is investigating allegations of medical negligence against a doctor by a family, after a 31-year ...

Several large studies have been unable to find any reduction in the already low risk of developing a prosthetic joint infection by using antibiotics prior to a dental procedure. This is true for ...

A Hyderabad dentist, Dr Mariyam Syed Hafiz, is in a coma after a doctor allegedly gave her an injection she was allergic to. The family says she went into cardiac arrest due to anaphylactic shock and ...

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