Up until now I have always had a policy of a child with an allergy severe enough to require an epipen ie anaphalactic reaction should be in a daycare centre where there is more than one adult so that one adult can concentrate on the allergic reaction and the other can maintain the safety of the other children. I have had allergies that were gastric reactions with no issues. I currently have a child that has been in care for 4 months and we just weren't giving her peanut butter as is the norm these days but she accidentally got some of her older brother's at home and got hives around her mouth. We had to wait for almost 3 months for testing and she is allergic and now has an epipen but I couldn't bring myself to terminate.

Also I know that since she hasn't had a reaction in the last three months and her brother still gets it at home that the precautions of washing we are doing are enough for her at least right now. But I have an epipen here and I like that the newer models are a lot easier to use than the old ones I was first trained on.