Anna Volerman, Ashley A Lowe, Andrea A Pappalardo, Charmayne M C Anderson, Kathryn V Blake, Tyra Bryant-Stephens, Thomas Carr, Heather Carter, Lisa Cicutto, Joe K Gerald, Tina Miller, Nuala S Moore, Hanna Phan, S Christy Sadreameli, Andrea Tanner, Tonya A Winders, Lynn B Gerald
Rationale: For children with asthma, access to quick-relief medications is critical to minimizing morbidity and mortality. An innovative and practical approach to ensure access at school is to maintain a supply of stock albuterol that can be used by any student who experiences respiratory distress. To make this possible, state laws allowing for stock albuterol are needed to improve medication access. Objectives: To provide policy recommendations and outline steps for passing and implementing stock albuterol laws...
September 1, 2021: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine