Navigating the Risks of Curbside Consults

SCENARIO 1: A PCP sees a patient who has just returned from Southeast Asia and is suffering from severe diarrhea. Later that day in the hospital cafeteria, the PCP bumps into a colleague who is an infectious disease specialist. The PCP asks his colleague, “What is best to treat traveler’s diarrhea from Southeast Asia for a patient with a sulfa allergy?”