Sulfa Drug Alergy Alerts

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Liz Hess
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Sulfa Drug Alergy Alerts

Hi All,

We are considering "unlinking" our drug allergy alert for sulfa medications from sulfa- derivative diuretics (e.g. Furosemide) to decrease the number of alerts. The alert would then only fire for a patient with a documented sulfa allergy and sulfa antibiotic order. It would NOT fire a patient with a sulfa with a documented sulfa allergy and an order for a sulfa-derivative diuretic.

In your current EHR,
1.Does your sulfa allergy alert fire for all sulfa drugs (antibiotics and derivatives)?
2.Does your sulfa allergy alert fire for sulfa antibiotics only?
3.If it only fires for sulfa antibiotics and not sulfa-derivative diuretics, have you had any problems?

Thanks!
Liz

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