Biscuit Health partners up with local clinicians (family doctors, NDs, NPs, etc.) in your community to offer the gold standard in allergy testing, skin testing. This is the type of testing offered at most allergists' offices and is suitable for the majority of patients.
We require our local partner providers undergo our comprehensive training program and exam to ensure allergy testing offered conforms to our strict standards of care.
Skin testing is considered to be extremely low-risk, with no fatalities reported to date when performing testing under modern procedures.
In an external study across 55,000 patients, only 1 case of anaphylaxis requiring Epinephrine intervention was reported. Upon further review, this patient suffered from a pre-existing health condition that would have disqualified them from skin testing under our testing protocols.
The majority of risks associated with skin testing for allergies has to do with patient eligibility which is why working with a provider who has been certified by Biscuit Health is extremely important.