MCN ToolBox Entries

CLINICAL TOOLS & RESOURCES

• Recognition and Management of Pesticide Poisonings 6^th Edition
  An essential clinical reference for recognizing and managing pesticide overexposures.
• Pesticide Reporting and Workers’ Compensation Map
  This interactive map provides state-specific pesticide reporting requirements and contact information to facilitate reporting.  It also includes state-specific Workers’ Compensation criteria and agencies responsible for enforcing the Worker Protection Standard.
• Cholinesterase Testing Protocols for Healthcare Providers and Cholinesterase Testing Protocol Algorithm
  These clinical tools provide a concise and simple guide for clinicians in managing care for patients working with Class I and Class II organophosphates (OP) and N-methyl-carbamates.
• Acute Pesticide Exposures Clinical Guidelines
  Important guidelines for health centers outlining how to handle acute pesticide exposures, emergencies and decontamination.
• Pesticide Exposure Assessment
  A user-friendly form and check list for data collection on the acute pesticide exposed patient.
• EOH Screening Questions for the Primary Care Setting
  Three screening questions in both English and Spanish to quickly ascertain work-related and environmental exposures and injuries.  
• National Pesticide Information Center
  Supports a toll-free telephone service and extensive website providing impartial information about pesticides across the United States. Phone: 1-800-858-7378  Email: npic@ace.orst.edu
• American Association of Poison Control Centers
  Offers a listing of regional Poison Control Centers. Poison Control Centers provide information regarding possible or actual environmental or occupational exposures and recommended treatments
• EXTOXNET
  Objective, science-based information about pesticides - written for the non-expert

PATIENT EDUCATION MATERIALS

• Aunque Cerca Sano (Comic Book)
  Educational comic book targeting farmworker parents to address children’s risks to pesticide exposure and ways to minimize these risks.
• Lo Que Bien Empieza… Bien Acaba (Comic Book)
  Educational comic book addressing pesticide exposure in women of reproductive age.
• Poco Veneno… ¿No Mata? (Comic Book)
  Educational comic book with a story and messages about risks from pesticide exposure and ways to minimize these risks in the home.

ARCHIVED WEBINARS & TRAINING RESOURCES

• Pesticide Health Effects Medical Education Database 
  A diverse collection of training materials useful in the training of physicians, nurses, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners.

• The Nuts & Bolts of Cholinesterase Monitoring for Farmers, Ranchers, and Agricultural Workers
  Webinar addressing the importance of recognizing and managing certain pesticide exposures with a specific focus on the ways in which cholinesterase monitoring is a key component in clinical care for individuals working in agriculture.
  
  
• Workers and Health- How Frontline Providers Make a Difference in the Protection of Migrant Farmworkers and their Families
  Webinar focusing on the factors that put migrant workers at increased risk for occupationally related injuries and illnesses and chronic diseases.  Emphasized exposure to pesticides and other contaminants as a particular concern to migrants and their families.
  
  
• Caring for the Injured Worker: Effective Partnerships between Clinicians, Health Centers and Lawyers
  Webinar offering practical information for using the workers’ compensation system as well as legal avenues available to injured workers through a series of case studies.  Explores how clinicians can work collaboratively with legal advocates to help their patients secure these benefits.
  
  

LOCAL PESTICIDE RESOURCES

The following will provide information regarding the pesticides used in your areas:

• Minnesota’s Agricultural Extension offices
  Program team and Extension County Offices

• Illinois’s Agricultural Extension offices
  Program team and Extension County Offices