Statements indicated by staff to be true of patients with penicillin allergy labels when compared with those who do not have such a penicillin allergy label
| Answers | Response rate (n), N=194 |
| Have an increased risk of Clostridioides difficile-associated diarrhoea. This is true. | 51.8% (88) |
| Are prescribed antibiotics that cost less. This is false. | 2.4% (4) |
| Have lower readmission rates to hospital. This is false. | 2.4% (4) |
| Have higher incidence of treatment failure. This is true. | 72.4% (123) |
| Have increased inpatient length of stay. This is true. | 59.4% (101) |
| Have similar rates of mortality. This is false. | 18.8% (32) |
| Have increased rates of multidrug-resistant infections. This is true. | 78.2% (133) |
| Experience less antibiotic side effects. This is false. | 4.7% (8) |