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Poll Results   If your child requires insulin at school, who administers it?         A parent     7%     48         My child     52%     315         Nurse or other medical staff     19%     116         School personnel (non medical)     7%     47         Someone else     1%     2         My child is not allowed to take insulin at school     1%     9         My child doesn't need to take insulin at school     8%     53         Other     2%     14   Total votes: 604

If your child requires insulin at school, who administers it? Poll dates: February 13 - 20, 2005 Total Votes: 604 Diabetes is part of a child's life 24 hours a day. Their need for care doesn't end when they enter a school building. While some children with diabetes do not regularly need insulin while at school, a high blood sugar reading may warrant an at-school injection. For kids on pumps or multiple daily injections, taking insulin at school to cover meals is part of their normal routine. Just over half of our readers report that their kids administer their own insulin. Parents go to school to give insulin for less than one in ten kids, a significant decline compared with results from 2000. For kids on injections, having a pen at school can make preparing and giving injections quite easy. The NovoPen Jr. is highly recommended because it can deliver half-unit doses. The table below compares the results of this poll with the same poll run in 2000.   Answer     Feb 2005     Feb 2000   A parent 7% 18% My child 52% 53% Nurse or other medical staff 19% 21% School personnel 7% 2% Someone else 1% 4% Child not allowed to take insulin at school 1% -- Child doesn't need to take insulin at school 8% -- [Return to the current poll]

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