National Drinking Water Alliance
- Jul 27, 2018
New GAO Report: Lead Testing of School Drinking Water Would Benefit From Improved Federal Guidance
A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigates current school practices for lead testing and remediation in drinking water. In the GAO’s stratified, random sample of 549 school districts in the U.S., 43% of districts surveyed indicated they had tested for lead in school drinking water. Of the school districts that tested, 37% found elevated lead levels. School districts undertook a variety of actions to remediate lead in school drinking water, inclu
National Drinking Water Alliance
- Jul 9, 2018
Assessing pediatric SSB consumption: New screener in Electronic Health Record
A physician-led team at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center has built a screening tool for sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) in the electronic health record (EHR). The screener loads automatically as a best practice alert for children 6 months through 17 years of age. It repeats at 90-day intervals, so most children are "screened" more than once per year. The question asks about usual SSB consumption frequency, and response choices are standardized ranging from "Never" up to "4
