{"id":2911,"date":"2014-03-21T14:34:37","date_gmt":"2014-03-21T18:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allergyhome.org\/schools\/?page_id=2911"},"modified":"2015-04-03T19:11:49","modified_gmt":"2015-04-03T23:11:49","slug":"management-of-life-threatening-allergies-in-school-lessons-learned-from-massachusetts-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.allergyhome.org\/schools\/management-of-life-threatening-allergies-in-school-lessons-learned-from-massachusetts-3\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"font-size: 1.7em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 250%; color: darkred;\">The Management of Life Threatening Allergies in School: Lessons Learned from Massachusetts<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 1.7em; font-weight: bold; color: black;\">Massachusetts Performance Improvement Program<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"previous\"><a class=\"navlink\" style=\"font-size: 1.2em; color: darkblue;\" title=\"The Massachusetts Experience\" href=\"http:\/\/www.allergyhome.org\/schools\/management-of-life-threatening-allergies-in-school-lessons-learned-from-massachusetts-2\">&lt;&lt;&lt;PREVIOUS: The Massachusetts Experience<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"next\"><a class=\"navlink\" style=\"font-size: 1.2em; color: darkblue;\" title=\"Epinephrine Administration in Schools: Brief Summary\" href=\"http:\/\/www.allergyhome.org\/schools\/management-of-life-threatening-allergies-in-school-lessons-learned-from-massachusetts-4\">NEXT: Epinephrine Administration in Schools: Brief Summary&gt;&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color:beige; width:280px; float:left; border:2px solid; border-radius:25px;padding:8px;margin:8px\">\n<div style=\"color:darkred; font-weight:bold\">Table of Contents<\/div>\n<ul>\n\t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allergyhome.org\/schools\/management-of-life-threatening-allergies-in-school-lessons-learned-from-massachusetts-1\" title=\"The Management of Life Threatening Allergies in School: Introduction\">Introduction<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allergyhome.org\/schools\/management-of-life-threatening-allergies-in-school-lessons-learned-from-massachusetts-2\">The Massachusetts Experience<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allergyhome.org\/schools\/management-of-life-threatening-allergies-in-school-lessons-learned-from-massachusetts-3\" title=\"The Massachusetts Performance Improvement Program\">The Massachusetts Performance Improvement Program<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allergyhome.org\/schools\/management-of-life-threatening-allergies-in-school-lessons-learned-from-massachusetts-4\" title=\"Epinephrine Administration in Schools: Brief Summary\">Epinephrine Administration in Schools: Brief Summary<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allergyhome.org\/schools\/management-of-life-threatening-allergies-in-school-lessons-learned-from-massachusetts-5\" title=\"Policy Implications\">Policy Implications<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allergyhome.org\/schools\/management-of-life-threatening-allergies-in-school-lessons-learned-from-massachusetts-6\" title=\"Ongoing Challenges and Take Home Point\">Ongoing Challenges & Take Home Point<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allergyhome.org\/schools\/management-of-life-threatening-allergies-in-school-lessons-learned-from-massachusetts-7\" title=\"References\">References<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pediatrics.aappublications.org\/content\/116\/5\/1134.long\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.allergyhome.org\/schools\/files\/2014\/03\/Pediatrics-Young.png\" alt=\"Pediatrics Young\" height=\"255\" width=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"magazine\">In 2001 the MDPH School Health Unit initiated a performance improvement project to &#8220;(1) determine the frequency of epinephrine in schools, (2) examine the circumstances around anaphylactic events, (3) assess current practices that address the issue of life-threatening allergies in school, and (4) identify opportunities for improvement from both a preventive and treatment perspective .&#8221; The voluntary reports of epinephrine administration from 109 schools from September 2001 to August 2003 indicated that:<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"magazine\">\u2022 In 24% of the 115 cases, the individual was not known to have an allergy;<br \/>\n\u2022 31% had allergies to multiple substances; and<br \/>\n\u2022 25% had an allergy to peanuts or tree nuts only.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-style: italic;\">McIntyre CL., Sheetz, A., Carroll, C., Young, M. Administration of epinephrine for life threatening allergic reactions in school settings. Pediatrics, 2005; 116(5):1134-1140.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"magazine\">In 2004 the MDPH revised its school medication regulations to (a) include guidance for before and after school programs and (b) require reporting to the MDPH whenever an epinephrine is administered for a life threatening anaphylactic event in any public or private school in the Commonwealth.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">All excerpts taken from the Management of Life Threatening Allergies in School: The Massachusetts Experience.<br \/>\nWritten by: Michael Pistiner MD, MMSc and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allergyhome.org\/about-us#asheetz\">Anne H. Sheetz RN, MPH, NEA-BC<\/a>.<br \/>\nThis piece was originally published in the American Academy of Pediatrics, Council on School Health, Spring\/Summer 2009 Newsletter.<br \/>\nWe thank the AAP for granting permission to post and to update mandated reporting data within this article.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Management of Life Threatening Allergies in School: Lessons Learned from Massachusetts Massachusetts Performance Improvement Program &nbsp; &lt;&lt;&lt;PREVIOUS: The Massachusetts Experience NEXT: Epinephrine Administration in Schools: Brief Summary&gt;&gt;&gt; In 2001 the MDPH School Health Unit initiated a performance improvement project to &#8220;(1) determine the frequency of epinephrine [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2911","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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