BOLETÍN BIBLIOGRÁFICO
DE INMUNOTERAPIA
Artículo destacado – Septiembre 2018
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Definiendo los estándares de calidad y seguridad en las unidades de inmunoterapia.
Quality standards for allergen immunotherapy clinics in Spain.
Tabar A, Núñez Acevedo B, Beitia Mazuecos JM, Fernández Ibáñez E, Garde Garde J et al
Consensus document J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol. 2018 Sep 17:0. doi: 10.18176/jiaci.0318. [Epub ahead of print]
BACKGROUND
The allergen immunotherapy clinics (AITC) in Spain are very different in terms of structure, organisation, resources and portfolio of services. Therefore, it is essential to unify treatment criteria and define quality standards for the most complex AITCs.
OBJECTIVE
To establish a series of recommendations that will make it possible to guarantee quality and safety in the administration of immunotherapy and to define the quality standards for the most complex AITCs.
METHODS
This project began with an online survey of 65 allergy departments or units all over Spain conducted in 2013. Next, a two-phase consensus process was carried out. In the first, ten experts defined and agreed on the standards using t
RESULTS
Consensus was reached on minimum safety and quality criteria in the administration of allergen immunotherapy (AIT), and two levels of highly complex AITCs were defined: accredited AITCs (AITCA) and AITCs accredited with excellence (AITCAE). Consensus was also reached on quality standards and accreditation criteria for both levels.
CONCLUSIONS
This project is pioneering in terms of its purpose – the definition of quality standards for AITCs – and for the use of structured participation techniques – a combination of the RAND/UCLA and Delphi methods. The results, together with some minimum standards for quality and safety in administering AIT, is a set of quality criteria for AITC accreditation supported by a broad panel of SEAIC experts.