San Mateo County Grand Jury
• 2016-2017
How Have San Mateo County Public Schools Responded to the Epinephrine Auto-injector Law, Sb 1266?
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Findings 6 findings
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In the public schools visited by the Grand Jury, Pens were maintained in brightly colored and clearly labeled yellow boxes and were maintained in plain sight in the main administrative office or anteroom.
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The distribution and supply of Pens is managed by the San Mateo County Schools Insurance Group through the school district offices with a process for replacing used or expired Pens.
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In the public schools visited by the Grand Jury, principals generally indicated that their faculty and staff had attended a training program addressing recognition of an allergic anaphylactic event and the techniques for using a Pen to treat the student experiencing an anaphylactic reaction. One school had a list of faculty and staff who had received the prescribed annual training including their position and location, which was mounted in a plastic sleeve and posted next to the brightly yellow-colored EpiPen box.
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The San Mateo County Schools Insurance Group provided an initial training program in February 2015, discussing the content and intent of SB 1266 and describing techniques for recognizing symptoms of anaphylaxis and emergency use of Pens. The San Mateo County Schools Insurance Group has scheduled annual training programs but additional responsibility for training was left to each school district to cover in subsequent presentations to their schools without a format for tracking whether or not the districts were actually offering these presentations on an annual basis.
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Some schools visited had no awareness of the packet of information describing the content and intent of SB 1266, and the training program addressing recognition of an allergic anaphylactic reaction and the techniques for using a Pen to treat a student experiencing an anaphylactic reaction, that were originally distributed by the San Mateo County Schools Insurance Group at their February, 2015 presentation.
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Some schools visited had no standard policies or procedures for the possible emergency use of Pens at off-site or evening on-site school supervised events though some schools had policies to accommodate students with known food or other allergies and all seemed to have conscientiously recorded a medical history for students attending their school.
Recommendations 6
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R1Page 10The Grand Jury recommends that the San Mateo County Schools Insurance Group implement policies and procedures to confirm whether the school district offices are offering the annual training programs required by SB 1266.
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R2Page 10The Grand Jury recommends that the San Mateo County Schools Insurance Group update and redistribute its packet of information describing the content and intent of SB 1266 and the required training program. [To each school district]:
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R3Page 10Each school district shall ensure that each of its schools keeps Pens in clearly labeled boxes that are in plain sight in the school’s main administrative office.
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R4Page 10Each school district shall ensure that each of its schools posts a list of faculty and staff who have completed the annual training program required by SB 1266. Such list should be posted in or near the school’s Pens.
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R5Page 10Each school district shall ensure that the packet of information provided by the San Mateo County Schools Insurance Group describing the content and intent of SB 1266 and the required training program, as may be updated from time to time, is available as a resource in each of its schools.
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R6Page 10Each school district shall ensure that schools develop policies and procedures for the possible emergency use of Pens at off-site or evening on-site school supervised events and for the accommodation of students with known food or other allergies (i.e., designated areas in the cafeteria, allergen-aware classrooms, etc.)
No Responses Found 2
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