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Health Advisory: Increased lead screening needed in Kitsap
Ground cinnamon alert highlights new risks for lead exposure. ACTIONS REQUESTED ADVISE PATIENTS TO: CONSIDER TESTING children for lead exposure from these and other sources. If you believe one of your patients is at high risk for lead exposure, a venous blood draw is the most accurate form of specimen collection. LEAD TEST REPORTING AND CASE MANAGEMENT: CONTACTING…
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New masking directive issued for Kitsap County
Masks required indoors, regardless of vaccination status. KITSAP COUNTY, Wash. – Dr. Gib Morrow, health officer for the Kitsap Public Health District, issued a new masking directive today. Effective August 14, everyone 5 years of age and older in Kitsap County is asked to wear a face covering within indoor public spaces. This directive applies…
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Health Advisory: Unaddressed Behavioral Health Among the Healthcare and Public Health Workforce During a Pandemic
Actions Requested Create a PsySTART-Responder account and compelte a PsySTART-Responder assessment if struggling with feeling trapped within a job, despair from being overextended, or emotionally overwhelmed. PsySTART-Responder is an evidence based method to build resilience and track exposures. After a brief training, a person PsySTART account tracks and graphs exposure to events that are more predictive…
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Health Advisory: COVID-19 Updates for Providers
Actions Requested Be aware the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updated the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) fact sheets to include possible risks of thrombosis with thrombocytopenia and Guillain-Barre Syndrome following vaccination: Fact sheet for healthcare providers Fact sheet for patients Be aware the FDA extended the shelf life…
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Kitsap Respiratory Illness Report June 20 – July 17, 2021
Click here to access the latest Kitsap Respiratory Illness Report: 6.20.21 – 7.17.21.
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Health Advisory: Healthcare Providers Essential to Ongoing COVID-19 Vaccination
Actions Requested Participate in a virtual meeting this Friday July 16th, 7:30-8:00 am with Governor Jay Inslee and WA State Secretary of Health Umair A. Shah to learn about: Power of Providers initiative around COVID-19 vaccination and referral SAVE (Screen, Ask/educate, Vaccinate, Empower) approach Commit to assessing vaccination status and promoting vaccination status throughout your office and…
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Health Advisory: Melioidosis Cases Not Associated with Travel Outside the United States
Actions Requested Be aware of 3 cases of melioidosis in the United States that are not associated with travel outside the United States that appear related based on genomic analysis. Consider melioidosis in patients with a compatible illness even if they have not traveled to an endemic country. If you suspect or confirm Burkholderia pseudomallei…
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Health Advisory: Increase in Risky Behavior and WA State Reopening
Actions Requested Be aware of potential for increase in risky behavior as summer begins and Washington State reopens. Promote the SAFE Model: S: Sex and intimacy – continue healthy and safe sexual behaviors A: Alternative choices – when drinking, decide on a designated driver ahead of time F: Firearm storage and use – lock up…
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Health Advisory: Myocarditis, Pericarditis, and mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines
Communicable Disease and Immunization Update, Emerging Diseases and Conditions, Health Advisory, ImmunizationsActions Requested Understand that a CDC safety panel has determined there is, in some vaccine recipients, a “probably association” between myocarditis and pericarditis and the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, made by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech. Reports of myocarditis and pericarditis after vaccination are rare. Cases have mostly occurred in adolescents and young adults under the age of…
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Kitsap Respiratory Illness Report May 23-June 19, 2021
Click here to access the latest Kitsap Respiratory Illness Report: 5.23.21 – 6.19.21.
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Health Advisory: COVID-19 Updates for Providers
Communicable Disease and Immunization Update, Emerging Diseases and Conditions, Health Advisory, Notifiable Conditions, Provider ResourcesActions Requested Be aware of local and national reports of myocarditis and pericarditis among people who received COVID-19 mRNA vaccine within the last 2 weeks Promptly report cases to the U.S. Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS) at https://vaers.hhs.gov/reportevent.html. Report cases to Kitsap Public Health District’s 24-hour reporting line at (360) 728-2235. Include vaccine manufacturer,…
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Health Advisory: WA State Department of Health HAN: Myocarditis or pericarditis after COVID-19 vaccination
Communicable Disease and Immunization Update, Emerging Diseases and Conditions, Health Advisory, Immunizations, Notifiable ConditionsActions Requested Review information and clinical recommendations outlined in the WA DOH 5/25/2021 HAN, Myocarditis or pericarditis after COVID-19 vaccination (link below) Report any cases that meet criteria to: US Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS): https://vaers.hhs.gov/reportevent.html Kitsap Public Health COVID-19 Vaccine staff by calling (360) 728-2235 Questions? Please contact Kitsap Public Health COVID-19 Vaccine…
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Needlestick Injury or Other Blood Exposure Procedures – Training Document
Needlestick Injury or Other Blood Exposure Procedure Purpose: Prevent transmission of bloodborne pathogens. Definition of substantial exposure to potentially infectious body fluids: Any percutaneous, mucosal, or non-intact skin contact with the blood or other potentially infectious bodily fluids of another person. In some instances, the Health Department may consider gross exposure of intact skin to…