Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Understanding Penicillin Allergy Assessment and Delabelling
This online course on penicillin allergy was focused on the removal of false penicillin allergy labels by non-specialist healthcare workers. The course looked at the impacts of penicillin allergy labels, differences between drug allergy and intolerance, and how to assess and manage these patients.
3 weeks, 2 hours per week
Mr Neil Powell
Consultant Antimicrobial Pharmacist and Associate Director of Antimicrobial Stewardship at the Royal Cornwall Hospital, UK
BSAC
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Demonstrate the differences between allergy and intolerance
- Describe the mechanisms of true penicillin allergy
- Explain the consequences of penicillin allergy labels to patients, healthcare systems, and antimicrobial stewardship
- Identify how to assess and manage patients with a history of penicillin allergy
- Describe the key elements of a penicillin allergy-focused history
- Classify the allergy history into a risk category using a decision support tool
- Assess the appropriate management for a patient using a decision support tool
- Describe the roles of the 'specialist' and 'non-specialist' in penicillin allergy delabelling
Syllabus
- The difference between penicillin allergy and intolerance
- Immunological mechanisms of true penicillin allergy
- Impacts of penicillin allergy labels on patients, healthcare systems, and antimicrobial stewardship (AMS)
- Assessing and managing patients with a history of penicillin allergy
- Taking a penicillin allergy focused history
- Risk stratifying patients using a decision support tool
- The role of the ‘specialist’ and ‘non-specialist’ in penicillin allergy delabelling
- Case studies of penicillin allergy and stories from around the world
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Issued on 23rd February 2026
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