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Allergic reactions to COVID-19 vaccination
Office and clinic preparedness
●Canada
•COVID-19: Pandemic contingency planning for the allergy and immunology clinic (2020)
●United States
•COVID-19: Pandemic contingency planning for the allergy and immunology clinic (2020)
●Europe
Patients with allergies, allergic diseases, and immunodeficiency
●Canada
●United States
•ARIA-EAACI: Statement on the handling of allergen immunotherapy in the COVID‐19 pandemic (2020)
●Europe
•ARIA-EAACI: Statement on the handling of allergen immunotherapy in the COVID‐19 pandemic (2020)
Resources for patients — The following links provide resources about COVID-19 for non-clinicians. These resources come from select society and government-sponsored guidelines from several countries and regions around the world.
●[International] Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA): Recommendations for inhaled asthma controller medications
●[Canada] Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (CSACI): COVID-19 FAQs
●[United States] American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Clinical Immunology (AAAAI): COVID-19 resources
●[United States] Immune Deficiency Foundation (IDF): COVID-19
●[United Kingdom] British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology (BSACI): Coronavirus and allergies frequently asked questions
●[Australia–New Zealand] Australian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA): COVID-19
UpToDate also offers "The Basics" patient education pieces, which are written by the doctors and editors at UpToDate. These are written in plain language, at the 5th to 6th grade reading level, and answer the main questions a person is likely to have. (See "Patient education: COVID-19 overview (The Basics)" and "Patient education: COVID-19 and children (The Basics)" and "Patient education: COVID-19 and pregnancy (The Basics)" and "Patient education: COVID-19 vaccines (The Basics)".)
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