Providers WA

Health Advisory: COVID-19 Cases Increasing in Multiple Countries

| March 1, 2020
Person putting blood into vials

Requested actions Be aware COVID-19 cases are increasing globally. Get a detailed travel history for patients with fever and acute respiratory illness. Ask patients with suspected COVID-19 infection to wear a surgical mask. Evaluate them in a private room with the door closed, ideally an airborne infection isolation room. All healthcare personnel entering the room … Health Advisory: COVID-19 Cases Increasing in Multiple Countries

Upcoming MAT Waiver Training Opportunity

| February 7, 2020
Doctor holding a box of pills and a prescription

Completion of this free 4 hour in-person course followed by a 4 hour online course allows physicians to apply for the waiver to prescribe buprenorphine for treatment of opioid use disorder. ARNPs and PA-Cs require a 16 hour online course. Non-prescriber OUD care team members, including RNs and Substance Use Disorder Professionals, are encouraged to … Upcoming MAT Waiver Training Opportunity

Infection Control: Resources and links

| March 25, 2019
Four doctors talking as seen from above. Two with white coats and 2 in scrubs.

Infection Control: Resources and Links – Guide to infection prevention for outpatient settings—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Guideline for disinfection and sterilization in healthcare facilities—CDC Guidelines for environmental infection control in healthcare facilities —CDC Guideline for hand hygiene in healthcare settings —CDC Guideline for isolation precautions—CDC Guideline for the prevention of surgical site … Infection Control: Resources and links

School Opiate Overdose Resources

| March 8, 2018

Schools can prepare for opiate overdose. About 2,500 Washington State 12th graders had tried heroin at least once and even more (about 3,500 ) use pain killers to get high in any given month. Almost one in 10 teens believe prescription drug misuse carries little to no risk. –2018 Health Youth Survey If a student … School Opiate Overdose Resources

Lice in Schools

| May 9, 2017

What procedures should our school follow if a student has head lice? Head lice are tiny parasites that can live on the human head. They survive by sucking blood from the scalp. Lice eggs (called “nits”) can attach to strands of head hair. Lice can cause the head to itch, but have not been proven … Lice in Schools