Screening Young Children for Lead Poisoning. Guidance for State and Local Public Health Officials - November 1997

Screening Young Children for Lead Poisoning. Guidance for State and Local Public Health Officials - November 1997

Preventing Lead Poisoning in Young Children

CHAPTER 4. THE ROLE OF THE PEDIATRIC HEALTH-CARE PROVIDER ANTICIPATORY GUIDANCE SCREENING FOR CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING DOING APPROPRIATE DIAGNOSTIC BLOOD LEAD TESTING INTERPRETATION OF BLOOD LEAD LEVELS EDUCATING PARENTS ABOUT REDUCING BLOOD LEAD LEVELS HOUSEKEEPING INTERVENTIONS OTHER INTERVENTIONS TO REDUCE EXPOSURE TO LEAD NUTRITION COORDINATING WITH PUBLIC SECTOR OFFICIALS APPROPRIATE FOLLOWUP

Preventing lead poisoning in children.

Lead poisoning is the most significant and prevalent disease of environmental origin among US children. Despite over 100 years' knowledge of the special hazards of lead exposure for young children, it has taken over a century for effective primary prevention to be adopted. Obstacles to primary prevention have included deliberate campaigns by industry to prevent restrictions upon such uses on le...

Prevalence of elevated blood lead levels in an inner-city pediatric clinic population.

In November 1997, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released revised guidelines for lead poisoning screening, including a recommendation that states and regions individualize screening policies based on local prevalence of elevated lead levels. The purpose of this study was to collect prevalence data for a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, inner-city pediatric outpatient population...

Preventing Lead Poisoning in Young Children

lead-poisoned child, doing followup screening, conducting environmental investigations, and ensuring lead hazards are abated. They should keep the provider informed of actions they take on the child's behalf. The pediatric health-care provider is responsible for informing public health officials about lead-poisoned children, reporting any unusual sources or pathways of exposure, and reporting e...