KY Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention Program

The Kentucky Child Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (KCLPPP) offers a comprehensive approach to preventing lead poisoning. KCLPPP provides a variety of secondary and primary prevention services including case management, medical and environmental services, epidemiologic studies, education and connections to other professionals and programs.

What is lead and how is it harmful?

What is child lead poisoning?

Where can I have my child tested for lead?

My child has had a blood lead test, what happens next?

What is the treatment for lead poisoning?

How do I avoid lead poisoning?

What about renovating/abating lead-based paint in a home?

How can I have my home inspected for lead?

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References

Blood Lead Specimen Collection Guidelines

Case Management Plan

Kentucky Screening Guidelines

PH Pediatric Guidelines for Lead Screening

KY Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention Program: Certified Risk Assessment Form

LHD Risk Assessment Report Form

FDA Unapproved Chelation Drugs

Screening Young Children for Lead Poisoning: Guidance for State and Local Public Health Officials 

Managing Elevated Blood Lead Levels Among Young Children: Recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention (CDC, 2002)  

Guidelines for the Identification and Management of Lead Exposure in Pregnant and Lactating Women (2010)

Blood Lead Screening and Elevated Blood Lead Guidelines

CDC Guidelines on Lead and Pregnancy2010

Pediatric Brochure

The KY CLPPP's Put the Lid on Lead website is brought to you in part by Northern Kentucky Independent District Health Department.