Anapen vs EpiPen: Which Should You Use in Childcare?

On Monday a new little boy starts in your pre-kindy room. His ASCIA Action Plan for Anaphylaxis is already stuck up in the kitchen. His EpiPen Jr is zipped into the medication bag. Then, over a quick cuppa in the staff room, a colleague mentions her last centre used Anapen. And that’s it. Now the […]

EpiPen and Anapen Training: Know the Difference

If someone on your team went into anaphylactic shock right now, would your staff know what to do? And here’s the bit most workplaces get wrong: would they know an EpiPen and an Anapen aren’t used the same way? Both of them deliver the same lifesaving adrenaline, sure, but the devices work differently, and a […]