Public Health Providers

Reach the children most at risk with the LeadCare® II point-of-care test. Tackle health disparities early.

Forty percent of families served by federal health programs, such as Medicaid and WIC, do not follow through with prescribed blood lead testing at a reference lab.  Yet the prevalence of elevated blood lead for these children is 5 times higher than the general population.

Point-of-care testing with the LeadCare II provides an immediate opportunity to treat and educate, minimizing the health and learning problems that come from lead exposure.

Reach the children most at risk with the LeadCare® II point-of-care test. Tackle health disparities early.

Forty percent of families served by federal health programs, such as Medicaid and WIC, do not follow through with prescribed blood lead testing at a reference lab.  Yet the prevalence of elevated blood lead for these children is 5 times higher than the general population.

Point-of-care testing with the LeadCare II provides an immediate opportunity to treat and educate, minimizing the health and learning problems that come from lead exposure.

  • Immediate results

    In 3 minutes, you’ll have the information you need

  • 1 Easy finger stick

    It combines with other routine tests

  • Covered

    Most insurance plans cover testing

  • Most insurance plans cover testing

    No need for an extra trip to the lab or doctor’s office

Rapid Results

Point-of-care testing reaches those at risk, eliminating need for follow up.

Rapid results mean you can educate and begin intervention immediately, while parents are still in your clinic. LeadCare II’s accurate result empowers parents and communities to act without delay.

Over 500,000 children in the U.S. have harmful blood lead levels. Have these children in your community been identified?

Accurate, early diagnosis is crucial so that children can be treated to prevent serious health and learning consequences. Blood lead testing also guides lead remediation and enforcement actions to eliminate lead contamination in housing, consumer products, and the environment.

No safe levels. Evidence continues to grow that even low blood lead levels may affect learning.  Elevated blood lead levels have been associated with avoidable special education costs of $3,331 per child and a decrease in lifetime earnings.

The LeadCare II System was developed with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) so children can be screened for lead wherever they already receive healthcare or services.  It is the only CLIA-waived point-of-care blood lead testing system.

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Who should be tested?

Increase screening rates without adding resources.

Federal law requires that all Medicaid eligible children be tested at 12 and 24 months and ages 36 to 72 months if they have not previously been tested.

Pediatricians, healthcare providers and public health officials should test children at 12 and 24 months according to the Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommendations. Each state has guidelines for blood lead testing – request your specific state requirements.

Who is at risk for lead exposure?  Children are considered at risk if any of the following are true:

Child lives in or frequently visits a home built before 1950, or a recently renovated home built before 1978

Child has a sibling or frequent playmate with elevated blood lead levels.

Child’s parent or primary caregiver works with lead. Examples include: battery recycling or manufacture, lead smelting, lead mining, auto repair, shipbuilding, construction, plumbing, and glass manufacture.

Child is a recent immigrant, refugee, or foreign adoptee.

Child has a household member who uses traditional, folk, or ethnic remedies or cosmetics or who routinely eats food imported informally (e.g., by a family member).

 

1 in 38 US children has an elevated blood lead level

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Learn to get started with the LeadCare II System, comply with state and federal requirements, and find answers to frequently asked questions.

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