{"id":3584,"date":"2014-10-18T16:44:27","date_gmt":"2014-10-18T20:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allergyhome.org\/schools\/?page_id=3584"},"modified":"2014-10-21T17:07:07","modified_gmt":"2014-10-21T21:07:07","slug":"nut-free","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.allergyhome.org\/schools\/myth-vs-fact\/nut-free\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNut Free\u201d?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 15%; float: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allergyhome.org\/schools\/myth-vs-fact\/smell-of-peanut-butter\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allergyhome.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Food_Allergy_and_Anaphylaxis_Myth_vs_Fact_School_Smell-250px.jpg\" class=\"solutions-thumbnail\"   title=\"The Smell of Peanut Butter\"  width=\"150\" \/><\/a>\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.allergyhome.org\/schools\/myth-vs-fact\/smell-of-peanut-butter\/\/\">PREVIOUS MYTH:<\/a>\nThe smell of peanut butter will cause an allergic reaction in someone with a peanut allergy<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; width: 60%; float: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"solutions-pic\" title=\"\u201cNut Free\u201d?\" src=\"http:\/\/allergyhome.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Food_Allergy_and_Anaphylaxis_Myth_vs_Fact_School_Nut_Free.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 15%; float: right;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allergyhome.org\/schools\/myth-vs-fact\/heating-drying-of-food-allergen\/\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allergyhome.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Food_Allergy_and_Anaphylaxis_Myth_vs_Fact_School_Heat-250px.jpg\" class=\"solutions-thumbnail\"  title=\"\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a>\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.allergyhome.org\/schools\/myth-vs-fact\/heating-drying-of-food-allergen\/\">NEXT MYTH:<\/a>\nHigh heat eliminates allergen<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <div style=\"clear: both;\" \/>  <\/div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/allergyhome.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Food-Allergy-and-Anaphylaxis-Myth-vs-Fact-School-Edition.pdf\">Download PDF of All Myth vs Fact's<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<br\/><br\/>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<a class=\"maxbutton-1 maxbutton\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"tbox-plain\" style=\"float:right; width:320px; border:2px solid blue; line-height:115%;\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allergyhome.org\/schools\/management-of-food-allergies-in-school-what-school-staff-need-to-know\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" title=\"Staff Training: Food Allergies &amp; Anaphylaxis in School \u2013 What School Staff Need to Know\" src=\"http:\/\/www.allergyhome.org\/schools\/files\/2013\/10\/Food-Allergies-Anaphylaxis-in-School-What-School-Staff-Need-to-Know-based-on-CDC-Voluntary-Guidelines-for-Managing-Food-Allergies-Thumbnail-e1382981476772.jpg\" alt=\"Staff Training: Food Allergies &amp; Anaphylaxis in School \u2013 What School Staff Need to Know\" width=\"150\" border=\"1px\" \/><\/a><strong><a class=\"linktext\"  title=\"Staff Training: Food Allergies &amp; Anaphylaxis in School \u2013 What School Staff Need to Know\" href=\"http:\/\/www.allergyhome.org\/schools\/management-of-food-allergies-in-school-what-school-staff-need-to-know\" style=\"font-size:100%\">Staff Training: Food Allergies &amp; Anaphylaxis in School \u2013 What School Staff Need to Know<\/a><\/strong>\n<p class=\"description\" style=\"font-size:100% ; line-height:108%;\">This 30 minute module is designed to assist the school nurse in staff training of management of life-threatening allergic reactions and increase food allergy awareness for all school staff including teachers, food service personnel, administrators, aides, specialists, coaches, bus drivers, custodians and others.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"myth\">FOOD ALLERGY MYTH<\/h2>\n<p class=\"myth-text\"><strong><b>\u201cNut-free\u201d schools are safest<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"fact\">FOOD ALLERGY FACT<\/h2>\n<p class=\"fact-text\">Comprehensive policies that include prevention and preparedness strategies that apply to <strong>all<\/strong> allergens are critical and cannot be replaced by attempts at specific allergen restriction.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"solutions\">COMMENTARY:<\/h2>\n<p class=\"solutions-text\">Banerjee and colleagues found that a peanut-free guideline in their participating schools decreased (but did <strong>not<\/strong> 100% prevent) peanut from being brought into the classrooms. Approaching \u00a0the issue of specific allergen restriction policies necessitates the understanding and implementation of the principles of food allergy management. Effective policies take the students\u2019 developmental capabilities into account in addition to school resources and physical space. They must \u00a0go further than simply sending out a notice that a room or building is \u201cnut-free.\u201d \u00a0If specific allergen restriction is considered, then schools will need to clearly define what their restriction is called, what foods are being avoided, where the restrictions apply to, and whether advisory labels for those allergens will be restricted as well. \u00a0Despite an allergen restriction policy, schools will need to implement effective food allergy management strategies for all food allergies at all times.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"solutions\">RESOURCES:<\/h2>\n<div class=\"solutions-text\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allergyhome.org\/blogger\/nut-free-points-to-ponder\/\">\u201cNut-free\u201d? Points to Ponder<\/a>: Discussion concerning the implications of specific allergen restriction and issues to consider prior to attempting implementation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allergyhome.org\/schools\/food-allergen-exposure-in-the-school-setting\/\">Food Allergen Exposure in the School Setting:<\/a> A handy reference table that reviews evidence, challenges, and interventions for exposure to food allergens.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"solutions\">REFERENCES:<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Banerjee DK, Kagan RS, Turnbull E, Joseph L, St Pierre Y, Dufresne C, Gray-Donald K, Clarke AE.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC2083608\/\"> Peanut-free guidelines reduce school lunch peanut contents<\/a>. <i>Arch Dis Child<\/i>. 2007 Nov;92(11):980-2. Epub 2007 Jun 7<\/li>\n<li>Tulve, N. et al. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/cfpub.epa.gov\/si\/si_public_record_report.cfm?dirEntryId=65530\">Frequency of Mouthing Behavior in Young Children<\/a>.\u201d <i>Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology<\/i> 12 (2002): 259\u2013264.<\/li>\n<li>Young M, Mu\u00f1oz-Furlong A, Sicherer SH.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jacionline.org\/article\/S0091-6749(09)00560-0\/fulltext\"> Management of food allergies in schools: a perspective for allergists<\/a>. <i>J Allergy Clin Immunol<\/i>. 2009 Aug;124(2):175-82.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a class=\"maxbutton-1 maxbutton\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\"><\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; FOOD ALLERGY MYTH \u201cNut-free\u201d schools are safest &nbsp; FOOD ALLERGY FACT Comprehensive policies that include prevention and preparedness strategies that apply to all allergens are critical and cannot be replaced by attempts at specific allergen restriction. &nbsp; COMMENTARY: Banerjee and colleagues found that a peanut-free guideline [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":3562,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3584","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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