Mass food challenges in a vacant COVID-19 stepdown facility: Exceptional opportunity provides a model for the future.
Aideen M ByrneJuan TrujilloJohn FitzsimonsTariq MohammedRobert GhentCathryn O'CarrollDavid CoghlanJonathan O'Brien HourihaneAli AlsalemiAoife CassidyEva CorbetRita CreightonYvonne d'ArtLinda FarrenRachel FlanaganNiamh FlynnRuth FranklinClaire GrayPaul HardingCiara HendrickFionnuala HeraghtySadhbh HurleyValerie KavanaghDhanis LadKaren LeddySarah LewisTriona McGlynnDanielle O'ConnorPhil O'NeillOrla O'SheaAnn O'TooleRachel QuinnAisling ReidAlison RussellEmma RuthAnne RynneP Bhusan SanneerappaMairead SheehanClaire ThompsonCiara TobinJames TrayerAlison WallaceNicola WalshFiona Wilsonnull nullPublished in: Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology (2021)
Oral food challenges remain a vital tool in the care of allergic children, with their cost saving and quality-of-life benefits negatively affected by a delay in their delivery. This project has shown it is possible to have huge impacts on a waiting list efficiently, effectively and safely with good planning and staff buy-in-even in a pandemic. Adoption of new, flexible and efficient models of service delivery will be important for healthcare delivery in the post-COVID-19 era.