Society guideline links: Stinging insect allergy

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This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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International

●World Allergy Organization (WAO): Worldwide perspectives on venom allergy (2019)

Canada

●Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS): Practice point on stinging insect hypersensitivity – Evaluation and management in children and youth (2018, updated 2024)

United States

●Joint Task Force on Practice Parameters (JTFPP): Anaphylaxis – A practice parameter, update (2023)

•JTFPP: Anaphylaxis – A practice parameter update, systematic review, and grading of recommendations, assessment, development, and evaluation (GRADE) analysis (2020)

●American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (AAAAI): A work group report on allergen immunotherapy extract shortages and their effects on clinical care (2022)

●AAAAI/American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (ACAAI): Joint venom extract shortage task force report (2017)

●JTFPP: A practice parameter on stinging insect hypersensitivity, 2016 update (published 2017)

Europe

●European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI): Guidelines on allergen immunotherapy – Hymenoptera venom allergy (2017)