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  • Penicillin allergy delabelling (PAD) is crucial for antibiotic stewardship, but its adoption in clinical practice is low due to various challenges.
  • A qualitative study involving 25 healthcare professionals identified key factors for successful PAD implementation, including the need for psychological safety, education, and strong support from colleagues and leadership.
  • The study concluded that effective PAD practices should focus on creating a supportive environment, leveraging clinicians' motivation for optimal care, and ensuring minimal disruption in existing workflows.

Article Abstract

Background: Penicillin allergy delabelling (PAD), the process of evaluating penicillin allergy labels, is a key target in antibiotic stewardship, but uptake of the procedure outside clinical studies is limited. We aimed to explore factors that need to be addressed to sustainably implement a clinical pathway for PAD.

Methods: We conducted a qualitative study based on semi-structured interviews with focus groups consisting of a purposive sample of twenty-five nurses and physicians working in four different hospitals in Western Norway. Systematic text condensation was applied for analysis.

Results: Psychological safety was reported as crucial for clinicians to perform PAD. A narrative of uncertainty and anticipated negative outcomes were negatively associated with PAD performance. Education, guidelines, and colleague- and leadership support could together create psychological safety and empower health personnel to perform PAD. Key factors for sustainable implementation of PAD were facilitating the informant's profound motivation for providing optimal health care and for reducing antimicrobial resistance. Informants were motivated by the prospect of a simplified PAD procedure. We identified three main needs for implementation of PAD: (1) creating psychological safety; (2) utilising clinicians' inherent motivation and (3) optimal organisational structures.

Conclusion: A planned implementation of PAD must acknowledge clinicians' need for psychological safety and aid reassurance through training, leadership, and guidelines. To implement PAD as an everyday practice it must be minimally disruptive and provide a contextually adaptive logistic chain. Also, the clinician's motivation for providing the best possible healthcare should be utilised to aid implementation. The results of this study will aid sustainable implementation of PAD in Norway.

Ethics: The study was approved by the Western Norway Regional Committee for Medical Research Ethics (Study No:199210).

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