Guidance

Adrenaline Auto-Injectors (AAIs) safety campaign

Information for patients, healthcare professionals and the wider public to help better understand the importance of AAIs as a potential life-saving medicine.

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The correct use of your Adrenaline Auto-Injector (AAI)

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Y defnydd cywir o’ch Chwistrellydd Adrenalin Awtomatig (AAI)

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The correct use of your Adrenaline Auto-Injector (AAI) - Polish

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The correct use of your Adrenaline Auto-Injector (AAI) - Punjabi

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The correct use of your Adrenaline Auto-Injector (AAI) - Romanian

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The correct use of your Adrenaline Auto-Injector (AAI) - Urdu

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Details

AAIs (sometimes referred to by their product name i.e., Epipen or JEXT) are licensed medicinal products that deliver adrenaline by means of an auto-injector device for the emergency treatment of anaphylaxis, a life-threatening severe allergic reaction.

Updates to this page

Published 24 April 2023
Last updated 19 June 2023 + show all updates
  1. Video guidance added, on the use of life saving adrenaline auto-injectors (AAIs).

  2. First published.

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