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MEDICAID NOTICE: Lurie Children’s continues to serve all patients enrolled in Medicaid. As a safety-net hospital, we will continue providing high-quality care to every child who needs us.

AVISO SOBRE MEDICAID: Lurie Children’s continúa atendiendo a todos los pacientes inscritos en Medicaid. Como hospital perteneciente a la red de protección social, continuaremos brindando atención de alta calidad a cada niño que nos necesite.

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Lead Evaluation Program

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Lurie Children’s acknowledges that lead poisoning continues to be a common environmental disease of young children and has developed a lead evaluation program designed to detect and care for children with lead exposure.

Services provided in this program include comprehensive care for children with elevated blood lead levels include:

  • Identification of lead sources
  • Education on lead poisoning prevention
  • Environmental case management coordination with public health departments
  • Use of medications to reduce the levels of lead in the body (when indicated)

Learn about what you can do to minimize your child's lead exposure.

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