Society guideline links: Allergy diagnostic testing

Introduction — 

This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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International

●World Allergy Organization (WAO): Position paper on IgE allergy diagnostics and other relevant tests in allergy (2020)

●WAO—Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA)—Global Allergy and Asthma European Network (GA2LEN): Consensus document on molecular-based allergy diagnosis (PAMD@), update (2020)

●WAO: Statement on risk and safety requirements for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in allergology (2016)

Canada

●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't perform screening panels (IgE tests) for food allergies without previous consideration of the pertinent medical history (2023)

●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't order specific IgG testing to panels of foods (2021)

●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't order specific immunoglobin E (IgE) tests (skin or serum) unless indicated by the patient's history specific to that food (2021)

United States

●Joint Task Force on Practice Parameters (JTFPP): Peanut allergy diagnosis – A practice parameter update, systematic review, and GRADE analysis (2020)

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Clinical report on allergy testing in childhood – Using allergen-specific IgE tests (2012)

●JTFPP: Practice parameter on allergy diagnostic testing, update (2008)

Europe

●European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI): Guidelines on the diagnosis of IgE-mediated food allergy (2023)

●EAACI: Molecular allergology user's guide 2.0 (2023)

●WAO—Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA)—Global Allergy and Asthma European Network (GA2LEN): Consensus document on molecular-based allergy diagnosis (PAMD@), update (2020)

●EAACI: Food allergy and anaphylaxis guidelines – Diagnosis and management of food allergy (2014)

●GA2LEN and ARIA: Position paper – Practical guide to skin prick tests in allergy to aeroallergens (2012)

United Kingdom

●Royal College of Pathologists (RCPath): Best practice recommendations – Guidelines for the use of laboratory allergy testing in primary care (2025)

Australia–New Zealand

●Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA): Skin prick testing guide for diagnosis of allergic disease (2024)

●ASCIA: Position paper – Evidence-based versus non evidence-based allergy tests and treatments (2021)

●ASCIA: Laboratory investigation of allergic diseases (2020)

●Choosing Wisely Australia: Alternative/unorthodox methods should not be used for allergy testing or treatment (2017)

●Choosing Wisely Australia: Food specific IgE testing should not be performed without a clinical history suggestive of IgE-mediated food allergy (2017)