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Lead, Elevated Blood Levels, Children (<16 Years)
2010 Case Definition

Lead, Elevated Blood Levels, Children (<16 Years)
2010 Case Definition
NOTE: A surveillance case definition is a set of uniform criteria used to define a disease for public health surveillance. Surveillance case definitions enable public health officials to classify and count cases consistently across reporting jurisdictions. Surveillance case definitions are not intended to be used by healthcare providers for making a clinical diagnosis or determining how to meet an individual patient’s health needs.

Subtype(s)

  • Lead, elevated blood levels
  • Lead, elevated blood levels, adult (≥16 Years)

Laboratory Criteria For Diagnosis

Blood lead concentration, as determined by a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)-certified facility, ≥10 µg/dL (0.48 µmol/L) in a child (person <16 years of age)

Subtype(s) Case Definition

Case Classification

Suspected

A single capillary blood specimen with elevated lead concentration

Probable

Two capillary blood specimens, drawn greater than 12 weeks apart, both with elevated lead concentration

Confirmed

One venous blood specimen with elevated lead concentration, or two capillary blood specimens, drawn within 12 weeks of each other, both with elevated lead concentration

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National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS)

NNDSS receives and shares case data from state, local, and territorial health departments to help public health monitor, control, and prevent serious diseases.

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