2017 Volume 31 Issue 1 Pages 80-88
Background : According to the increase of children with food allergies, the situation of using adrenaline auto injector (EpiPen®) by school personnel is also increasing.
Objective : The aim of this study was to examine school personnel's technique of EpiPen® objectively.
Methods : We visited all elementary schools and junior high schools in Yamato-city, and performed role-playing type lecture of EpiPen® in 2013 and 2015. In 2015, before the lecture we performed a technical test of EpiPen® for the school personnel (n=678), and evaluated five major points.
Results : The average score was 2.9 point in all participants. The correct answer rate of how to hold EpiPen®, and the duration time of injection was low. Participants who checked the label on EpiPen® were able to use it correctly, even when they had no experience of EpiPen® lecture. The correct answer rate was higher at schools where the head teacher's answer rate was high.
Conclusions : Informing the importance of checking the label on EpiPen®, may be effective for teachers to use EpiPen® correctly at school. In order to improve the ability of management of food allergies at schools, head teachers are expected to show strong leadership.
