Implementation of a Respiratory Therapist-Driven Protocol for Spirometry and Asthma Education in a Pediatric Out-Patient Primary Care Setting.

Background: Best practice guidelines for asthma management recommend education and spirometry at specific intervals. A written asthma action plan with education and spirometry is ordered at the discretion of physicians at our institution. An initial chart review revealed that asthma education and spirometry were not consistently ordered in the pediatric primary care clinics.