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Drop the Label: Penicillin Allergy de-Labelling is for Everyone

Introduction

Pen-allergy de-labelling can be a powerful antimicrobial stewardship tool, clarifying options available to prescribers selecting the most appropriate antibiotic for their patients. Join leads in the BC-based multidisciplinary ‘Drop the Label’ initiative as they share successes and challenges in developing, implementing, and scaling up patient education and clinical tools to support prescribers serving people with potential antibiotic allergies.

The Canadian Antimicrobial Stewardship Webinars—or ‘CAN AMS!”—is a new webinar series focused on antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) interventions. Leaders in AMS from across Canada share examples of what has been done to implement evidence-based interventions, with the goal to inspire what CAN be done to help slow the rise and spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

The series aims to:

  • highlight and build greater knowledge of evidence-based AMS interventions, 
  • help bridge knowledge gaps and capacity challenges that can limit the development of AMS interventions in key settings, and
  • promote broad collaboration on AMS across regions, settings, and sectors.

CAN AMS! events promote a One Health frame for AMS to raise awareness for the interconnected drivers and consequences of AMR, and the need for shared solutions across human, animal and environmental health domains.

Date

Monday, April 14, 2025

Synopsis

Pen-allergy de-labelling can be a powerful antimicrobial stewardship tool, clarifying options available to prescribers selecting the most appropriate antibiotic for their patients. Join leads in the BC-based multidisciplinary ‘Drop the Label’ initiative as they share successes and challenges in developing, implementing, and scaling up patient education and clinical tools to support prescribers serving people with potential antibiotic allergies.

Moderator

Harpa Isfeld-Kiely, MA 

Senior Project Manager, National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases 

Speakers  

Tiffany Wong, MD, FRCPC

Pediatric Allergist, BC Children’s Hospital
Clinical Associate Professor, University of British Columbia

Chelsea Elwood, B.M.ScH, M.Sc, MD, FRCSC

Obstetrician, BC Women’s Hospital
Clinical Associate Professor, University of British Columbia

Haneen Albayati, BHSc, MPH Candidate

Spread Quality Improvement Lead, Provincial Health Services Authority. 

CAN AMS! is co-hosted by the NCCID and AMMI Canada and supported by a national network of leaders in antimicrobial stewardship. For more information on the series, visit www.AMRAware.ca (webinars page).