"When a School Tries to Split Up Epinephrine Auto Injectors"

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"When a School Tries to Split Up Epinephrine Auto Injectors"

http://ohmahdeehness.wordpress.com/2014/08/24/when-a-school-tries-to-split-up-epinephrine-auto-injectors/

“[They] promptly took out the [EpiPens] and split the two pack and handed one back to me. I kind of had a mini-meltdown [...] I said what are you doing? You’re not supposed to split a two-pack. She told me that was [District] policy.

[CMdeux]

Hmmm... well, actually, we DO split twinpacks.


Of course we do it so that nobody is EVER carrying two of the same lot number, just in case of manufacturing defects associated with a particular lot, but hey....

 

[Stinky10]

We split them up too.   What a funny thing. 

The issue is not that they split them but that only a nurse could give a second dose.

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"Dangerous: Splitting Up EPI Packs at School"

http://www.gratefulfoodie.com/dangerous-splitting-epi-packs-school/

Old policy stated that nurses or aides could only administer one dose of epinephrine auto-injection.  This policy was updated to reflect current Centers For Disease Control (CDC) guidelines and was included in our Nevada Mandated stock epinephrine law.

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I also mix the lots sometimes, but I always have 2    .... from the very beginning when dd was 1st diagnosed, our allergist told us she should always have 2 with her at all times.