CPS gave 38 shots for allergic reactions in year

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"CPS gave 38 shots for allergic reactions in year"
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-cps-allergy-shots-met-1021-20141020-story.html

In the first year that Chicago Public Schools stocked epinephrine injectors at all schools, nurses and other trained workers administered the hormone 38 times, according a study by Northwestern Medicine published Monday in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

[spacecanada]

Wow!  This needs to be shared with every other school district and anyone who balks at trying to get epinephrine in schools and public places. 

[CMdeux]

I think that it probably needs sharing with any district that thinks that FOOD in classrooms is no big deal.   

This is a district that had a student die from food anaphylaxis on their watch just a year prior to the study period, too-- so you KNOW that they had a lot of training and awareness of risks.    If they couldn't handle food in classrooms safely enough to avoid anaphylaxis, NOBODY can.

[TT]

CPS has had the benefit of getting some very focused attention from Dr. Gupta, too.  From what I could tell of the results they seemed to have not really taken her efforts to heart.