Implementation and performance of a nurse administered modified PEN-FAST clinical decision rule in the electronic health record
Abstract Objective: To evaluate performance of registered nurse assessments of the PEN-FAST penicillin allergy clinical decision rule compared to antimicrobial stewardship pharmacists. Design: Prospective, blinded, non-interventional, quality assurance study. Setting: This study took place acr...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2025-01-01
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| Series: | Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology |
| Online Access: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2732494X25100661/type/journal_article |
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| Summary: | Abstract
Objective:
To evaluate performance of registered nurse assessments of the PEN-FAST penicillin allergy clinical decision rule compared to antimicrobial stewardship pharmacists.
Design:
Prospective, blinded, non-interventional, quality assurance study.
Setting:
This study took place across 4 inpatient hospitals within a large health system in Houston, Texas.
Methods:
We implemented PEN-FAST rule questions into the electronic health record (EHR) for registered nurses to perform. Patients were randomly selected in a prospective fashion, with nurse documented scores hidden, for re-assessment by antimicrobial stewardship pharmacists to compare risk stratification and scores.
Results:
Overall agreement of high risk and low risk results was 84.3%. Registered nurse evaluations with the PEN-FAST clinical decision rule for detecting a high-risk patient demonstrated a sensitivity of 67%, specificity of 89.8%, positive predictive value of 67.9%, and negative predictive value of 89.5%. Additionally, 34.4% of patients with a documented penicillin allergy admitted to tolerating amoxicillin or amoxicillin/clavulanate since their last recalled reaction to penicillin.
Conclusions:
Registered nurse assessment of the PEN-FAST clinical decision rule demonstrated good performance and can effectively be used to screen for low-risk penicillin allergy patients. Incorporation of the PEN-FAST rule into EHR can be scaled into large health systems to help appropriately stratify patients with low- and high-risk penicillin allergies and improve documentation.
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| ISSN: | 2732-494X |