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Data Reporting for In-Office Blood Lead Testing
- About Required Data Reporting
- What Do I Have to Report?
- How to Report
- Questions?
- Provider Approval to Perform In-office Blood Lead Testing
About Required Data Reporting
- Data reporting requirements for in-office blood lead testing are designed to be easy for providers while ensuring clear, timely, and complete reporting to the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Unit.
- All blood lead results for children under 6 years must be reported to the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Unit within 48 hours of the test.
- All elevated blood lead levels still require a venous confirmation through the State Health and Environmental Testing Laboratory. See our recommended follow-up schedule for more information.
- The only approved method of reporting results is through the ImmPact Blood Lead Module.
- Why is reporting important? The Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Unit uses blood lead test results to monitor public health and plan, evaluate, and target resources for lead poisoning prevention activities. We use all results, even those below 5 ug/dL, for these purposes.
- Maine Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Unit staff will review approved providers every two years to evaluate the effectiveness of reporting in-office blood lead test results. If problems are identified during this evaluation, staff of the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Unit will discuss the problems and possible solutions with the provider. If problems with reporting continue, approval for in-office blood lead testing will be revoked.
- Read the complete rules related to in-office blood lead testing.
What Do I Have to Report?
Providers approved to perform in-office blood lead testing must report results from all in-office blood lead tests directly to the Maine Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Unit. Reports must be complete, timely, and legible.
Report all in-office blood lead test results — regardless of blood lead level — within 48 hours of the test. Verify the following fields before entering the blood lead results.
- Patient Information
- Last Name
- First Name
- Date of Birth
- Sex
- MaineCare Number
- Physical Street Address, including apartment number
- City/Zip
- County
- Mailing Address (if different from physical address)
- Home Phone Number
- Race (American Indian/Alaskan Native, Asian, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, White, Unknown)
- Ethnicity (Hispanic/Latino, Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino, Unknown)
- Parent/Guardian Information
- Last Name
- First Name
- Relationship
Enter the following blood lead data and ensure it saves in the Blood Lead Test History.
- Ordering Practitioner
- Both Collected Date and Analyzed Date as the date the sample was collected
- Blood lead level (use Qualitative Result Low if <3.3 ug/dL and High if >65 ug/dL)
How to Report
The only approved method of reporting results is through the ImmPact Blood Lead Module.
Upon approval for using an In-Office Blood Lead Testing Device, the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Unit will provide training on how to use the ImmPact Blood Lead Module.
You must report all in-office blood lead test results regardless of the blood lead level within 48 hours of the test.
Questions?
Contact Jennifer Clements, Nurse Education Consultant, Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Unit, 207-287-4311 or Jennifer.L.Clements@maine.gov.
