Prevention and management of allergic reactions to food in child care centers and schools : Practice guidelines

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Food allergy management in child care centers and schools is a controversial topic, for which evidence-based guidance is needed. Following the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation approach, we conducted systematic literature reviews of the anticipated health effects of selected interventions for managing food allergy in child care centers and schools; we compiled data about the costs, feasibility, acceptability, and effects on health equity of the selected interventions; and we developed the following conditional recommendations: we suggest that child care centers and schools implement allergy training and action plans; we suggest that they use epinephrine (adrenaline) to treat suspected anaphylaxis; we suggest that they stock unassigned epinephrine autoinjectors, instead of requiring students to supply their own personal autoinjectors to be stored on site for designated at-school use; and we suggest that they do not implement site-wide food prohibitions (eg, "nut-free" schools) or allergen-restricted zones (eg, "milk-free" tables), except in the special circumstances identified in this document. The recommendations are labeled "conditional" due to the low quality of available evidence. More research is needed to determine with greater certainty which interventions are likely to be the most beneficial. Policymakers might need to adapt the recommendations to fit local circumstances.

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CommentIn: J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2022 Jan;149(1):452-453. - PMID 34756720

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:147

Enthalten in:

The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 147(2021), 5 vom: 08. Mai, Seite 1561-1578

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Waserman, Susan [VerfasserIn]
Cruickshank, Heather [VerfasserIn]
Hildebrand, Kyla J [VerfasserIn]
Mack, Douglas [VerfasserIn]
Bantock, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Bingemann, Theresa [VerfasserIn]
Chu, Derek K [VerfasserIn]
Cuello-Garcia, Carlos [VerfasserIn]
Ebisawa, Motohiro [VerfasserIn]
Fahmy, David [VerfasserIn]
Fleischer, David M [VerfasserIn]
Galloway, Lisa [VerfasserIn]
Gartrell, Greg [VerfasserIn]
Greenhawt, Matthew [VerfasserIn]
Hamilton, Nicola [VerfasserIn]
Hourihane, Jonathan [VerfasserIn]
Langlois, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Loh, Richard [VerfasserIn]
Muraro, Antonella [VerfasserIn]
Rosenfield, Lana [VerfasserIn]
Schoessler, Sally [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Mimi L K [VerfasserIn]
Weitzner, Brenda [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Julie [VerfasserIn]
Brozek, Jan L [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Allergens
Bronchodilator Agents
Child care
Child day care centers
Epinephrine
Food allergy
Food hypersensitivity
Health education
Journal Article
Practice guidelines
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
School teachers
Schools
Secondary prevention
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Date Completed 24.09.2021

Date Revised 23.02.2022

published: Print

CommentIn: J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2022 Jan;149(1):452-453. - PMID 34756720

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jaci.2021.01.034

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM325167702