Educational aids for health professionals
It is unclear whether prompts or visual aids help health professionals
manage anaphylaxis more effectively because the certainty of evidence is
very low (supplement S6d). One trial found that hospital residents who
received training on the use of a wallet sized prompt sheet did not
improve their knowledge more than controls in nine out of ten topic
areas (very low certainty).11Hernandez-Trujillo V, Simons FE.
Prospective evaluation of an anaphylaxis education mini-handout: the
AAAAI Anaphylaxis Wallet Card. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract
2013;1(2):181-185. Another trial found that a visual prompt about the
Brighton Collaboration case definition did not improve the accuracy of
anaphylaxis diagnosis compared to a journal article containing the full
definition (very low certainty).22Joshi D, Alsentzer E, Edwards
K, Norton A, Williams SE. An algorithm developed using the Brighton
Collaboration case definitions is more efficient for determining
diagnostic certainty. Vaccine 2014;32(28):3469-3472. A non-randomised
trial found that a flowchart did not reduce administration errors in a
simulation about reactions to contrast media.33Gardner JB,
Rashid S, Staib L, Asch D, Cavallo J, Arango J, Kirsch J, Pahade J.
Benefit of a Visual Aid in the Management of Moderate-Severity
Contrast Media Reactions. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2018;211(4):717-723.