On average, 60% of patients admitted to the hospital receive an antibiotic, and in approximately 50% of those cases, antibiotic use is inappropriate (eg no indication, wrong antibiotic, incorrect dosing/duration, etc.).¹ This can result in direct harm to patients due to inadequate treatment of infection, toxic side effects, and superinfection with resistant bacteria. Combine this information with the fact that penicillins, one of the most prescribed classes of antibiotics, are often labeled as allergies in patients’ charts, prompting use of other classes of antibiotics which can lead to harm. Thus, antibiotics are unlike any other class of medications because of the potential public health consequences due to their selection of resistant bacteria, which may become dominant in the hospital and community.