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MCN Pesticide Exposure Clinical Guidelines and Assessment Form
MCN's Pesticide Clinical Guidelines and Pesticide Exposure Assessment Form assist in the recognition and management of acute pesticide exposures in primary care settings.
The pesticide guidelines were adapted from guidelines developed by Dr. Dennis H. Penzell, a former medical director of a Community and Migrant Health Center with experience in large-scale pesticide exposure incidents.
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- Acute Pesticide Exposures Clinical Guidelines.pdf ( 405 Kb )
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- Pesticide Exposure Assessment Form ( 208 Kb )
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- Acute Pesticide Exposures Clinical Guidelines (Spanish).pdf ( 209 Kb )
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- Pesticide Exposure Assessment Form (Spanish) ( 566 Kb )
Occupational Exposure History Tools
The following documents are a collection of the best resources available for taking a good occupational health history.
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- WHACS ( 126 Kb )
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- WHACS in Spanish ( 280 Kb )
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- I PREPARE ( 67 Kb )
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- PediatricHealthHistoryForm ( 61 Kb )
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- MCNConsensusQuestionsENG SPA ( 43 Kb )
Rapid Clinical Assessment Tool for Adolescent Farmworker Injury and Exposure
Use the link below to access MCN's Rapid Assessment Tool to help adolescent farmworkers identify agricultural tasks they perform in agriculture and facilitate clinician understanding about the health risks associated with it. Youth worker images are adapted and reproduced with permission from the National Children Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety. Images copyrighted through Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, Wisconsin.
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- adol fw rapidrisk assess clinician ( 4 Mb )
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- adol rapidrisk assess board 2 ( 7 Mb )
EXTOXNET
Objective, science-based information about pesticides - written for the non-expert.
Cholinesterase (ChE) Testing Protocols and Algorithm for Healthcare Providers
These Cholinesterase (ChE) clinical tools provide a concise and simple format to guide clinicians in monitoring the ChE levels for patients working with Class I and Class II organophosphates (OP) or OP and N-methyl-carbamates.
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- Cholinesterase Algorithm ( 707 Kb )
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- Cholinesterase Protocols ( 173 Kb )
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- Protocolos de Colinesterasa (ESP) ( 587 Kb )
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- Algoritmo de Colinesterasa (ESP) ( 173 Kb )
National Pesticide Practice Skills Guidelines for Medical and Nursing Practice
Outlines the knowledge and skills that health professionals need to have about pesticides. This document is part of a national initiative aimed at ensuring that pesticides issues become integral elements of education and practice of primary care providers. English and Spanish
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- NEETFPesticidePracticeGuidelines ( 2 Mb )
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- NEETFHabilidadesParaLaPracticaPesticidas ( 684 Kb )
American Association of Poison Control Centers
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. The website offers education for children and adults.
Assessment of Maternal Occupational Pesticide Exposures during Pregnancy and Three Children with Birth Defects: North Carolina, 2004
Introduction
In August of 2005, the North Carolina Division of Public Health, Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch (OEEB) was notified that three women who had worked on farms in North Carolina owned by Ag-Mart had delivered infants with birth defects. All three births took place in Florida where the women also worked on Ag-Mart farms and lived near each other. This report summarizes the OEEB’s investigation and assessment of the pesticide exposures likely experienced by these women while in North Carolina.
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- Ag-Mart Release Report ( 203 Kb )
Clinician Guides for Farmworker Health and Safety Regulations
MCN and Farmworker Justice offer these guides to assist clinicians in understanding farmworker health and safety regulations. OSHA’s Field Sanitation Standard; EPA's Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA); EPA's Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA); EPA’s Worker Protection Standard (WPS).
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- OSHA's Field Sanitation Standard Clinician's Guide ( 765 Kb )
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- FIFRA FQPA Clinician's Guide ( 295 Kb )
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- WPS Clinician's Guide ( 864 Kb )
Environmental and Occupational Health Screening Questions for Primary Care
Three concise and effective environmental/occupational health screening questions for the primary care provider. English and Spanish. MCN, 2014.
An EHR-friendly version of these screening questions was developed through MCN's Workers & Health Program. This can be used as a reference for integration into the health center's Electronic Health Record.
