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OMRDD is changing their name to New York State Office for People with Developmental Disabilities.
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In Memoriam
Zone 8 member
Vicki Pellicano Chormann, RN
Niagara Falls, NY
Died Friday, March 19, 2010
Vicki worked for Rivershore, Inc since 1999.
Memorials may be made to Roswell Park Cancer Institute,
Elm and Carlton, Buffalo, NY 14263
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Summer is often a slower time for Zones with less meetings and programs. It can be difficult with nurses and other staff taking time off.
Some zones like our zone (Zone 1) have a more relaxed get together. We plan a picnic meeting and hope for good weather. Have a great summer! |
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The next Nurses Quarterly Videoconference will be held Wed, July 28th, 9:30-12:30. Check the OMRDD website to sign up.
The following info came from Kathy Keating-
Please use the chart below (from the CDC) to guide decisions on testing for both consumers and staff:
SITUATION REQUIRED TESTING
No previous TST result documented Two-step PPD
Previous negative TST (documented or not) >12 months before Two-step PPD
Previous documented negative TST result ≤ 12 months prior Single TST needed
for baseline testing; this test will be the second step
≥ 2 previous documented negative TSTs but most recent TST >12 months before new
Single TST; two step testing is not necessary
Previous documented positive TST result No TST
Previous undocumented positive TST Preferred: IGRA otherwise: two step TST
Previous BCG vaccination Two step PPD or IGRA
Please note: IGRA is a blood assay such as QuantiFERON-Gold -TB or TB spot.
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Voting for Treasurer and Corresponding Secretary will occur this year. If you would like to be a nominee or nominate someone else please contact a state officer.
Maureen Gavin, NYS MR/DD Nurses Association Member, has article published in Advance for Nursing.
Authors: Maureen Gavin, BSN RN-BC CDDN, Milen Velinov, MD PhD and Edith Dockter
Published on May 18, 2010 in "Advance for Nursing" Access at:
http://nursing.advanceweb.com/Student-and-New-Grad-Center/Student-Top-Story/Battling-Batten-Disease.aspx
Nurses are encouraged to please access the article online and post comments to encourage future articles regarding rare diseases and developmental disabilities.
Please reply to comments on the forum or start your own thread of discussion. We would be interested in your comments.
The website has again been deluged with spammers. I do check to make sure I don’t miss a valid applicant.
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Doctors can now do e-scripts for Schedule II, III, IV, V under a new DEA rule. Some feel this is a safer method as now controlled drug scripts can be called in and only certain ones have to be written on a prescription blank. Safeguards that can be applied only by the physician will be built in to make the system secure.
Even though this can be done now, it may be a while before it can actually be accomplished. Software and readiness on the physician and pharmacy side will need time.
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