Healio

Delay for allergy skin testing unnecessary after anaphylactic reaction to food

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . All participants showed no false-negative results when tested 2 weeks after anaphylactic reaction to food ...
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Allergy Skin Prick Test Could One Day Be Replaced by 'Sniff-and-Pee' Test

This allergy test, a sometimes unpleasant childhood right of passage, may be a thing of the past someday. New research shows that a urine test can determine if a person has an allergy to a specific ...
Becker's Hospital Review

What’s in it for me? Benefits of penicillin allergy testing

While penicillin allergy testing is an emerging topic for 2017, healthcare providers are finding that new—and unexpected—patient populations do not understand the importance of penicillin allergy ...
Self

Here’s Exactly What to Expect If You Need Allergy Testing

If you have allergies, you’re probably familiar with the ways your immune system broadcasts its general lack of chill. Maybe your nose releases a river of snot, your eyes feel maddeningly scratchy, or ...
Healio

Q&A: Implementing pharmacist-administered penicillin allergy skin testing

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Last year, experts suggested in an article published in Clinical Infectious Diseases that pharmacists should ...
News Tribune

Technology could change future of skin allergy testing

Skin allergies are common and often frustrating to diagnose. But new technology could soon help change that. Dr. Alison Bruce, a dermatologist at Mayo Clinic, is aiding the development of an ...
Oregonian

The $48,329 allergy skin test, and what it says about medical costs

Janet Winston had a rash that wouldn’t go away. The English professor from Eureka, Calif., always had been sensitive to ingredients in skin creams and cosmetics. This time, however, the antifungal ...
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Testing Your Child for Food Allergies: What You Need To Know

A food allergy is a serious medical condition where your body's immune system reacts to certain foods like they're invaders. If your child has food allergies, an essential part of keeping them safe is ...
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ALK Announces U.S. FDA Approval of New AccuTest™ Allergy Skin Testing Devices for Optimized Allergy Testing and Diagnosis

– The innovative AccuTest™ features a range of single prick and multi-head skin testing devices and well trays to improve the accuracy of allergy diagnosis and testing – The AccuTest™ allergen well ...
Medscape

Pharmacist-Managed Service Providing Penicillin Allergy Skin Tests

Purpose: A penicillin allergy skin-testing service run by pharmacists is described. Summary: A board-certified allergist trained pharmacists at a tertiary care teaching hospital to administer ...
Medscape

When Is Skin Testing for Penicillin Allergy Indicated?

What is the skin testing protocol for a patient who reports having had an allergic reaction to penicillin a long time ago? Is there any indication for skin testing before a penicillin injection in the ...