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Immunotherapy at Remote Sites
Standard of Care
• In the case of professionals, the standard
of care refers to the level of care that a
reasonable professional in the same or
similar circumstances would take to
prevent harm or injury to another person.
• “The standard of care concerning the
administration of immunotherapy should be
the same regardless of where the
immunotherapy is given and the specialty
of the supervising physician.”
Position Statement on administration of immunotherapy outside of the prescribing allergist facility. Drug
and Anaphylaxis Committee of ACAAI. Ann Allergy Asthma and Immunol 1998;81:101-102