ALLERGIC REACTIONS TO DRUGS. A SURVEY ON HOSPITAL PRACTICES OF SOLICITING MEDICAL INFORMATION FROM NEWLY ADMITTED PATIENTS.

The matter of allergic reaction to drugs is causing serious medicolegal problems in hospitals to both physicians and hospitals. This survey seeks to alert the medical profession and hospitals to the problem, what is being done to cope with it in some hospitals, and to emphasize that the duty to make necessary inquiries belongs primarily to the medical profession. The form described at the end of this report is a suggestion and is not intended to be reproduced and used in all instances. The medical staff and administration of each hospital should develop a form that is appropriate for its use.