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Understanding Newborn Hearing Screening Diagnosis
Children's Medical Services - Help
December 14, 2012
When a hearing loss is first diagnosed, the test results may seem confusing. Although hearing loss is often described as a percentage, it is too complex to describe with one number. Remember, also, that determining how your child uses, or will use, his or her residual hearing is a process.
Why Physicians Check Newborn Hearing Screen Status & Provide Needed Follow Up
Children's Medical Services - Help
December 14, 2012
This document explains why physicians check newborn hearing screen status and provide needed follow-up.
West Nile Virus Diagnosis and Laboratory Testing Recommendations
Zoonotic Diseases - Help
September 20, 2012
Surveillance by the New Mexico Department of Health, physicians, veterinarians and local mosquito control agencies continues to demonstrate yearly West Nile virus activity in many New Mexico counties. Female mosquitoes can over-winter and remain infected with the virus so it is expected that WNV will perpetuate but at varying levels each year depending on environmental conditions.
NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Script for Talking to Parents
Children's Medical Services - Help
September 5, 2012
This script helps healthcare providers to talk to parents in English and Spanish about a variety of situations including informing parents of the screen, explaining passing and not passing, inconclusive results or could not screen, passing and not passing with risk factors for hearing loss, and does not pass.
Pertussis Diagnosis Using Polymerase Chain Reaction
Pertussis - Help
June 22, 2012
With the continuing resurgence of pertussis, health care professionals will see more patients with suspected pertussis. Polymerase Chain Reaction is an important tool for timely diagnosis of pertussis and is increasingly available to clinicians. This molecular technique is used to detect DNA sequences of the Bordetella pertussis bacterium and unlike culture, does not require live bacteria present in the specimen.
Instructions for Food Samples
Environmental Microbiology - Help
February 22, 2012
These instructions explain how to collect, pack, and ship food samples.
Instructions for Bordetella pertussis Samples
Molecular Biology - Help
February 22, 2012
These instructions explain how to collect a specimen of bordetella pertussis.
Safe Cleanup of Fire AshSafe Ash Fact Sheet
Occupational Health Surveillance - Help
February 12, 2012
There are many potential dangers involved with cleanup operations following the devastation caused by wildfires. If you are involved in cleanup efforts you may be exposed to ash. This fact sheet describes details about the potential dangers which include fire, electrical, carbon monoxide, musculoskeletal hazards, heavy equipment, thermal stresses, unstable structures, hazardous materials, and confined spaced.
Tuberculosis Fact Sheet
Tuberculosis Prevention - Help
January 31, 2012
This helpful fact sheet explains what tuberculosis is, how it is transmitted, how to isolate it, treatment, administering effective treatment, contact investigations, court ordered therapy, and more.
Newborn Screening Practitioner's Manual
Children's Medical Services - Help
September 29, 2011
This manual provides a wealth of information for the newborn screening practitioner including screening essentials, conditions included in the screening panel, summary of conditions, criteria for requesting follow-up specimens, screening practices, recommendations for specimen collection, unsatisfactory specimens, reporting results, problems in screening practice, educational services, fees and screening kit information, exemptions, and more.
Psittacosis Checklist for Pet Stores
Zoonotic Diseases - Help
June 2, 2011
Psittacosis (parrot fever) is a bacterial infection of humans resulting from exposure to infected birds, usually psittacine birds (e.g., cockatiels, parakeets, parrots, and macaws). The infection in birds is called avian chlamydiosis. Healthy appearing birds can be infected and shed the bacteria when stressed, causing infection of other species of birds (e.g., finches, canaries, and doves) housed in the same environment.
Psittacosis Checklist for Pet Owners
Zoonotic Diseases - Help
June 2, 2011
Psittacosis (parrot fever) is a bacterial infection of humans resulting from exposure to infected birds, usually psittacine birds (e.g., cockatiels, parakeets, parrots, and macaws). The infection in birds is called avian chlamydiosis. Healthy appearing birds can be infected and shed the bacteria when stressed, causing infection of other species of birds (e.g., finches, canaries, and doves) housed in the same environment.
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections
Healthcare-Associated Infections - Help
December 21, 2010
Frequently Asked Questions about Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections.