Only 13 (9.5%) respondents provided point of care testing. Among the 137 respondents, 96 (70%) provided a lead draw order for their patients with a lab housed in the same clinic building , and 22 (16%) provided a lead draw order with the lab at an offsite location. Conclusions: ...
The National Child Care Association said when the lead rule was proposed last year that it could hurt many financially struggling child-care centers - especially those in low-income neighborhoods, where the facilities tend to be older. Without appropriate federal funding, the rule could push small,...
President Donald Trump's administration addressed lead in water, issuing new standards just before the end of his term, after years of efforts by advocates. Those rules forced utilities to take stronger action when lead levels rose too high and required them to test day-care centers and schools...
A pair of bills focused on children and school students would require that public schools meet strict water safety standards and that child care centers undergo lead testing in order to be licensed by the city. The third bill, designed to protect families from lead...
Finally, clinical laboratory and office-based blood lead testing devices are not required to quantify blood lead levels < 4 μg/dL and in many cases cannot reliably test for low blood lead levels. Revising the reference value also will undoubtedly result in diversion of resources away from ...
WASHINGTON, May 27 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday warned that certain blood lead tests used in the country may be inaccurate. The U.S. FDA said in a statement that laboratories and health care pr...
700 child-care centers licensed by the state. The highest results came from a facility in San Diego that recorded 11,300 parts per billion at the time of testing—well above the state's limit of 5 ppb in child-care centers. One ppb is the equivalent of one drop of contaminant in 500...
The AAP added that new federal standards defining and testing for lead hazards in house dust, water and soil are needed. The group also wants to see laws that require removal of lead from contaminated housing and child care facilities, and that lead concentrations in water from school water ...
“We have issues with the transportation and access and busy parents, and being able to bring the testing to the schools, or to a community center near a school, is an effective strategy that worked really well during the pandemic,” he said. “We’re trying to replicate that here.” ...
Health officials are encouraging parents of students at affected schools to get them tested for lead. With 68,000 students in the district — most of them beyond the age when they’d get regular lead testing at a pediatrician’s office — the city has been trying create more testing opportun...