Society guideline links: Stinging insect allergy

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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International

●World Allergy Organization (WAO): Worldwide perspectives on venom allergy (2019)

Canada

●Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS): Practice point on stinging insect hypersensitivity – Evaluation and management in children and youth (2018)

United States

●American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (AAAAI): A work group report on allergen immunotherapy extract shortages and their effects on clinical care (2022)

●AAAAI/American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (ACAAI): Joint venom extract shortage task force report (2017)

●AAAAI and ACAAI: Stinging insect hypersensitivity – A practice parameter, 2016 update (published 2017)

Europe

●European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI): Guidelines on allergen immunotherapy – Hymenoptera venom allergy (2017)

United Kingdom

●British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology (BSACI): Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of hymenoptera venom allergy (2011)

●Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH): Allergy care pathways for children – Venom allergy (2011)

Australia-New Zealand

●Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA): A guide for clinical immunology/allergy specialists on venom immunotherapy (2019)

●ASCIA: Jack jumper ant allergy (2016)

●ASCIA: Position statement on jack jumper ant venom immunotherapy (2015)