General

This is the course curriculum for instructors and coordinators.

This is the most current list of available medical directors throughout the state of New Mexico.

Complete fee schedule for the scientific laboratory division's biological sciences bureau.

The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act began in the late 1960's when problems arose in the cytology laboratories that read PAP smears. The personnel in these laboratories were overworked and had a very high error rate. In 1967, the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment was passed and the first laboratory regulations were born. These regulations primarily covered independent and hospital laboratories.

The Logic Model is a Program Evaluation tool. It helps project partners see how the resources and activities of the NMACP program connect and contribute to desired health outcomes.

Ever since the 2001 anthrax attacks, bioterrorism has been flung into global notoriety, developing into a household term. Bioterrorism agents are microbiological organisms, such as viruses, bacteria, fungi, or toxins of biological origin, which could cause severe, potentially lethal infections in humans, or affect crops and livestock.

General information about testing for infectious diseases.

Usually foodborne illnesses are the result of improper handling or consumption of improperly cooked foods, and the range of pathogenic microorganisms that cause such infectious disease includes bacteria, fungi, parasites, and viruses. Many of those that are infectious to humans also affect animals, while some are mutually exclusive.

DDW Case Management: Decision Consultation and Team Justification Process Memo

This memorandum serves as a reminder to district and charter school leaders that state statutes and New Mexico Administrative Codes are in place to guide public schools in both immunization requirements and exemptions.

This is the current membership list for the Trauma System Fund Authority.

This document provides a reference of items, their new and current values, and status for any vendor who derives more than 50 percent of their food sales revenue from WIC food instruments.

This is an exercise with which to practice the Assessment Process for the problem of Excessive Drinking (alcohol) for your county. You will work in groups of five persons. You may each be from different counties.

A list of facilities that provide hearing testing for infants.

Newborn Hearing Screening Lista de Audiólogos

Local and state health departments need to adapt and evolve if governmental public health is to address emerging health demands, minimize current as well as looming pitfalls, and take advantage of new and promising opportunities. To succeed requires a view into the future. This paper provides that vision.

This document provides the latest organizational structure for the Division of Health Improvement.

Of the nearly one in 10 New Mexicans who have asthma, more than a third of children and nearly half of adults have the disease under poor control, according to a new state Department of Health report. The chronic lung disease causes some 7,700 emergency room visits and 1,800 hospitalizations a year in New Mexico, ringing up an estimated $30 million a year in hospital charges, the report found.

This report presents EM resources ED status reporting percent by the Trauma Nurse Coordinator Forum for FY13-FY14.

The Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Advisory Committee is committed to the adoption of Universal Newborn Hearing Screening and Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Programs. Our goal is to facilitate the early identification, diagnosis, amplification and intervention of infants and children with hearing loss in order to maximize developmental outcomes.

This document provides examples of indicators for case review. Situations covered include death reviews, scene times greater than 10 minutes, length of stay in a facility for more than 2 hours prior to transfer to a tertiary care center, diversions, and emergency medical services run sheet availability on medical record within 24 hours of emergency room admission.