2025 Volume 39 Issue 5 Pages 371-378
Objectives: To investigate and analyze the current state of allergy management in childcare facilities.
Methods: A questionnaire-based survey of 58 childcare facilities in Tempaku ward, Nagoya city was conducted after obtaining ethics review approval from our hospital.
Results: Of the 33 facilities (5 public daycare centers, 24 private daycare centers, and 4 kindergartens), instruction charts (for allergic diseases) were used in 60.6% of all facilities (100% of public daycare centers and 0% of kindergartens). Allergy management training and emergency response role plays were used in 87.6% (100% of public daycare centers and 25% of kindergartens) and 60.6% (100% of public daycare centers and 0% of kindergartens), respectively. Concerns about the decision to use adrenaline self-injection medication and its use were 42.4% and 45.5% overall (both in 20% of public daycare centers and 100% of kindergartens), respectively. Facilities that did not utilize the charts and an emergency manual had lower rates of training implementation and a higher percentage of respondents concerned about emergency response.
Conclusions: The use of the charts was only 2/3 of the total, with a particularly low diffusion rate among kindergartens. Since the use of the chart and the formulation of an emergency manual will lead to an increase in training opportunities and the elimination of concerns about emergency response, it is desirable to raise awareness of the use of the charts and to establish a training system in cooperation with medical institutions.
