Form Friday: Getting Familiar with OCFS Forms
OCFS-6029
As a child care provider in New York City, it’s important to be familiar with the forms from OCFS, the Office of Children and Family services. This week we take a look at OCFS-6029, Individual Allergy And Anaphylaxis Emergency Plan.
What is it?
OCFS-6029 details the child’s allergies, strategies to prevent an allergic reaction, and steps that must be taken if a child is exposed to a known allergen or is showing symptoms of exposure.
When do I use it?
This form is to be completed for any child with a known allergy
The plan must be reviewed at admission and annually thereafter.
How do I use it?
The child’s parent works with the child’s health care provider to complete OCFS-6029.
The form requires the signature of the provider, parent/guardian, and physician.
This document must be attached to the child’s Individual Health Care Plan.
What else should I know about allergies and anaphylaxis?
Anaphylaxis is the most severe form of an allergic reaction, involving a person’s breathing and circulation. Anaphylaxis is life threatening.
The program must notify the parent of any child in care of the anaphylaxis policy when the child is enrolled and annually thereafter.
When a program is approved to administer an inhaler to a child with asthma or other diagnosed respiratory condition, or an epinephrine auto injector (sold under the brand name EpiPen among others) for anaphylaxis, a school-aged child may carry and use these devices during daycare hours if the program secures written permission from a health care provider, parental consent, and completes a special health care plan for the child.
When a caregiver has not been authorized to administer medications in a daycare setting, such caregiver may administer emergency care through the use of:
patient-specific epinephrine auto-injectors
Diphenhydramine (sold under the brand name Benadryl among others), when prescribed in combination with the auto-injector
asthma inhalers and asthma nebulizers
when necessary to prevent anaphylaxis or breathing difficulty for an individual child, but only when the parent and the child's health care provider have indicated such treatment is appropriate.
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