This training will teach individuals how to identify and respond to an opiate overdose. If you feel you would benefit from the Narcan training please enroll.
Revisions will be made periodically; please check for updates.
Space is limited! Participants must be pre-registered. For more information about registration please contact:
Cynthia E. Green
Training Coordinator
(202) 671-4900
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New Service Provider Prerequisite: Rapid HIV Testing On-line.
If you are a new service provider you must complete the above on-line training and provide proof of completion before you may attend this training.
Revisions will be made periodically; please check for updates.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, May 23, 2017 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently issued a blood lead test safety alert stating that certain lead tests manufactured by Magellan Diagnostics may provide inaccurate results for some children and adults in the United States. When performed on blood drawn from a vein, these particular machines may provide results that are lower than the actual level of lead in the blood.
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Washington, DC – The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in collaboration with the Health Departments in Prince George’s County and the District of Columbia, is, out of an abundance of caution, informing people who were in certain locations including areas of Prince George’s Hospital Center (at specific times during May 9-13) and Children’s National Medical Center (specifically on May 13) about potential exposure to measles. While most individuals in the United States are vaccinated against measles, exposure to it poses potential risk to those who have not been vaccinated.
The District of Columbia Lactation Commission will hold a public meeting on Monday, May 22nd, at 6 pm, at the Department of Health, 899 North Capitol St., NE, Room 306, Washington, DC 20002. Below is a draft agenda for the meeting.
When: Thursday, May 25, 2017, 10 am
Where: DOH Headquarters, 899 North Capitol Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002, 6th Floor, Room 6002
To Testify: contact the State Health Planning and Development Agency by Wednesday, May 24, 2017 by 4:45pm at 202 442-5875.
Each person testifying will be allowed up to 5 minutes. Testimony may also be submitted in writing before the hearing, or they may be presented at the hearing orally and/or in writing.
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2017 Animal Health Fair - English
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New Service Provider Prerequisite: Rapid HIV Testing On-line.
If you are a new service provider you must complete the above on-line training and provide proof of completion before you may attend this training.
OraQuick Advance HIV 1-2/HCV Waived Rapid Tests
