10th June 2022

You are a junior doctor working in A&E, managing a patient with urinary sepsis

You are a junior doctor working in A&E, managing a patient with urinary sepsis. A nurse attends to administer the antibiotic you have prescribed. As they are about to commence the infusion, you realise that the patient had told you they were allergic to penicillin – but you had not documented this, and prescribed a penicillin-containing antibiotic. You alert the nurse, preventing her from administering the drug – and confirm with the patient that they are allergic to penicillin.

Which of the following is the most appropriate course of action?

Select the SINGLE most appropriate option from the list below. Select ONE option only.