School Nurses Work Out Compromise on School Health Bill
From the Times : Potentially lifesaving allergy medication may soon be available to more students, thanks to an agreement reached last week by lawmakers and a school-nurses organization that had initially opposed the proposal due to safety and legal concerns. The now-amended Senate Bill 5104 , likely to be approved this session, would allow schools around the state to stockpile epinephrine, which can be used to prevent or stop severe allergic reactions that can kill within minutes. School staffers have only been able to inject students who have been diagnosed with an allergy. And the schools cannot currently store extra epinephrine, to be used in emergencies, or use one student’s EpiPen on another student. Under the amended bill, school nurses would be able to use epinephrine on any student, regardless of whether the student has been diagnosed. Other school employees, if designated and trained by the nurse, would be able to use epinephrine on diagnosed students...