Risk of anaphylaxis: improving care at school
Debra Forster Professional Practice, ENB Higher Award Children’s Community Nursing Pathway, Children’s Respiratory and Community Nurse, Nottingham City Hospital NHS Trust
Julie Bryant Clinical Audit Manager, Broxtowe & Hucknall Primary Care Trust, Nottingham
A multi-agency approach to improving care for school children at risk of anaphylaxis used clinical audit to identify ways to improve practice. Debra Forster and Julie Bryant report
The burden of allergic disease in the western population is significant and rising. This can affect academic performance and school attendance (Scadding, 2002). This article describes the work undertaken by a multi-agency team of professionals, representing community paediatrics, school nursing, hospital and community respiratory services, clinical audit and training (see box overleaf). A baseline audit was carried out to establish the numbers of children who carry an EpiPen in school and the existence of individual management plans.
Nursing Children and Young People.
16, 9, 29-31.
doi: 10.7748/paed2004.11.16.9.29.c955
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