Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención del Cáncer y su Programa de Control proporcionan información sobre el cáncer con información actualizada para los proveedores y sus pacientes. Esté centro provee material didáctico, artículos de investigación, directrices y enlaces.
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Patient Discharge Medical and Behavioral HealthThis policy is created to outline the process for the management and eventual discharge from service of difficult patients. This includes those who are perceived to be difficult with respect to recurrent hostile behavior, inappropriate use of FHC services, excessive non-compliance (including financial obligations), inappropriate use of controlled substances, or other patterns of behavior that represent excessive lack of respect or responsibility on the part of the patient.
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To delineate the acceptable and unacceptable personal uses of resources.
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To provide for a consistent method of telephone medical management by the Registered Nurse.
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- Telephone Triage Protocol2.doc (25 KB)
A Spanish translation of the 1-page sample social history form.
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- HistoriaSocial.doc (35 KB)
"I speak XXX language" cards in 38 different languages to use to help identify a patient's native language. This tool could be very helpful, but only when dealing with literate populations.
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- ISpeakCards2004.pdf (312.83 KB)
A sample UTI peer review form.
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- UTIPeerReviewForm.pdf (31.14 KB)
Guidelines with regards to acceptable and unacceptable absences from the workplace.
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- AttendanceGuideline.doc (55.5 KB)
Sample policy for employee TB skin test conversions.
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A 3-fold brochure template with space to describe clinic services, mission, and connection to the community.
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- clinicbrochure_1.doc (761.5 KB)
copy deeplink Delineation of Privileges for a Clinical Social Worker
Delineation of Privileges for a Clinical Social WorkerChecklist of clinical social worker privileges for use with any applicants or new hires.
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2-page sample staff satisfaction survey.
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- Survey.pdf (105.44 KB)
Sample clinic policy stating that pregnant patients will receive thorough and prompt prenatal assessment and assignment to care
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- InitialMaternityAssessment.doc (21 KB)
Sample policy stating the procedure for a fire emergency.
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- fire.doc (24 KB)
By Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
copy deeplink Florida Pesticide Monitoring, Enforcement Draw Fire - Florida Palm Beach Post (Part 1 of 3 Part Series)
Florida Pesticide Monitoring, Enforcement Draw Fire - Florida Palm Beach Post (Part 1 of 3 Part Series)Since many exposures come during those field applications, the risks - to farmworkers and to nearby residents who can be affected if the chemicals drift - can occur much more frequently. "You are working in one field, and the tractor passes in the next field spraying," says Epifanio, 58, a veteran Mexican farmworker who asked that his full name not be used, out of fear for his job. "The wind brings it to you. It happens to somebody around here every single day."
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- florida_pesticide_1.pdf (20.61 KB)
The West Virginia Rural Health Research Center (WVRHRC) pursues a multi-disciplinary research effort directed to improve environmental health for rural populations. Collaborators from public health, geographic information systems, nursing, pharmacy, environmental science, health policy and other disciplines work together to conduct policy-relevant research to achieve this goal.
copy deeplink Pesticide- related illness among migrant Farm Workers in the United States
Pesticide- related illness among migrant Farm Workers in the United StatesSurveillance data show that pesticide-related illness is an important cause of acute morbidity among migrant farm workers in California. Exposures occur in various ways (e.g., residues, drift), suggesting that the use of pesticides creates a hazardous work environment for all farm workers Improved education for health care providers should be a priority. Growers should be educated about alternative forms of pest control and incentives should be provided to encourage their use.
Objective, science-based information about pesticides - written for the non-expert.
copy deeplink Preventing Agricultural Pesticide Exposure: Revisions to the EPA’s Worker Protection Standard
Preventing Agricultural Pesticide Exposure: Revisions to the EPA’s Worker Protection StandardIn 2015, for the first time in over 20 years, the Environmental Protection Agency updated the Worker Protection Standard (WPS). The WPS provides basic workplace protections for agricultural workers to reduce the risk of pesticide exposre. This issue brief overviews the major revisions that are particularly relevant for clinicians caring for agricultural workers.
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- WPS_MCN_FJ_IssuesBrief2016.pdf (3.02 MB)
copy deeplink CDC: Projected Zika Virus Importation and Subsequent Ongoing Transmission after Travel to the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games — Country-Specific Assessment, July 2016
CDC: Projected Zika Virus Importation and Subsequent Ongoing Transmission after Travel to the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games — Country-Specific Assessment, July 2016copy deeplink Hesperian Health Guides: Pesticides are Poison
Hesperian Health Guides: Pesticides are PoisonChapter 14: Pesticides Are Poison from the Hesperian.org health guide: A Community Guide to Environmental Health.
HHS Buys Additional Vaccine As Preparations For Potential Influenza Pandemic Continue, October 27,2005