Patient Case: Mr. Walsh brings his 5-year-old son, Jimmy, in today…

Question Answered step-by-step Patient Case: Mr. Walsh brings his 5-year-old son, Jimmy, in today… Patient Case: Mr. Walsh brings his 5-year-old son, Jimmy, in today for a possible strep-throat assessment. You run the appropriate tests and confirm that Jimmy does have strep throat. You prescribe him amoxicillin 90mg/kg dosing for a 10-day duration, and you prescribe it to the pharmacy. Upon arrival to the pharmacy, Mr. Walsh is stopped by the pharmacist for a mandatory counsel because Jimmy has a Penicillin allergy on file. The pharmacist wants to confirm the allergy and the type of reaction. Mr. Walsh tells the pharmacist that Jimmy had a small rash to amoxicillin when he last had strep throat around 2 years ago. The pharmacist calls your office to alert you of the topical rash allergy and wants to suggest a change of antibiotic therapy. You then call the pharmacist back and tells him/her that you did not have record of this allergy on the patient’s EMR. What do you then do?what is a true amoxicillin drug allergy versus a rash?How do you mitigate adverse drug reaction vs true drug allergy?what is your recommendation to the pharmacist?   Health Science Science Nursing NURS 645 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)