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- Published on: 22 March 2016
- Published on: 22 March 2016
- Published on: 22 March 2016Evaluation of anaphylaxis training in the West MidlandsShow More
Dear Editor
We share a similar experience to the one detailed in Watura’s study.[1] We have gone a step ahead and actually evaluated our own training programme provided to school staff. The anaphylaxis training programme in now running in its sixth year in Birmingham. It has two nurse co-ordinators that visit each school once every year. There are 175 schools in Birmingham with children who have had food related all...
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None declared. - Published on: 22 March 2016Reducing amount of expired Epipens in circulationShow More
Dear Editor
There is much debate about the appropriate and safe prescribing of adrenaline pens, particularly in children. Watura, in her survey of nut allergy, demonstrated how only 36 % of allergic children had access to medication in school. EpiPens were not available to all of these children. She also highlighted the poor level of training amongst school personnel in the appropriate use of EpiPens. The shelf life...
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