Entries Tagged as 'For Healthcare Workers'

Michael Gets Tested

November 12th, 2008 · No Comments

(Barbara Kelly) When my daughter, Colleen, took her little boy, Michael, to their Pediatrician for his ‘well child’ check up around his first birthday, she was dismayed to learn that she would need to bring him to a local lab to have him tested for lead poisoning.  In other words, he needed a blood test.  [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: For Educators · For Healthcare Workers · For Parents · General Interest

Navigating Community Blood Lead Screening

November 4th, 2008 · No Comments

(Megan Curran de Nieto) Community Blood Lead Screening; Navigating Barriers in your Blood Lead Testing Program For those of you who have tried to start a blood lead testing program, you have no doubt come up against some pretty solid barriers to getting your program going. However, the good news is that overcoming those barriers [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: Best Practices · For Healthcare Workers