Comments on: Protecting Children with Peanut Allergies http://www.womanaroundtown.com/sections/living-around/protecting-children-with-peanut-allergies New York City and DC Mon, 13 May 2013 23:40:20 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mary Ellen Ostrander http://www.womanaroundtown.com/sections/living-around/protecting-children-with-peanut-allergies/comment-page-1#comment-5013 Mary Ellen Ostrander Mon, 05 Mar 2012 01:52:06 +0000 http://www.womanaroundtown.com/?p=70426#comment-5013 The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN), American Association of Pediatrician and National Association of School Nurses are organizations that do not promote a peanut-free school environment. It sets up a goal that is impossible to achieve. Just one student brining in a snack containing peanuts may create a danger zone. Establishing a peanut awareness and implementing FAAN’s Pal Program will create a supportive environment and promote the allergic student to learn to live safely in the real world. You do not do away with a Physical Education Program because a student breaks an ankle you making sure the students are educated how to use the equipment safely and emergency plans are in place. Having faculty and staff EpiPen certified, encourage the allergic student to be self directed to carry on 2 EpiPen, (at arms length) who are evaluated by his or her parent’s and doctor’s to do so and EpiPen stations strategically placed in a school will promote the safety an allergic student needs.
A recent Canadian study of Peanut Free Guidelines in Primary Schools, there was not 100% adherence to the peanut free guidelines at schools which had them and only 78% of the parents participating in the study were aware of the peanut free guidelines at their children’s school. Without 100% adherence, promising a nut free environment sets up a false sense of security and safety. Please refer to the web sites at the end of the article for more facts about a promote safety and awareness in school. Mary Ellen Ostrander,RN

]]> By: sabi108 http://www.womanaroundtown.com/sections/living-around/protecting-children-with-peanut-allergies/comment-page-1#comment-4856 sabi108 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:20:42 +0000 http://www.womanaroundtown.com/?p=70426#comment-4856 Re: “Research shows that a peanut-free classroom may achieve a 90 percent reduction in potential exposure, but set up a false sense of security ”

What research????? I’d really like to know since that misinformed statement is being propagated nationwide with absolutely no basis in research or fact.

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