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C A Robinson

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False-positive postmortem EMIT drugs-of-abuse assay due to lactate dehydrogenase and lactate in urine.

Three cases of multiple false-positive drug tests are described. Postmortem urine specimens were screened using the enzyme-multiplied immunoassay technique. All patients had proteinuria and lactic aciduria. These false-positive reactions were due to the presence of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), lactic acid, and protein. This finding was confirmed by creating a multiple false-positive sample with a solution of LDH and lactate in 5% bovine serum albumin at pH 6.

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Progress on the childhood immunization initiative.

President Clinton submitted the Comprehensive Childhood Immunization Initiative Act to Congress in April 1993. The objective of the legislation is to protect all children in the United States by their second birthday against nine vaccine-preventable infectious diseases. As originally introduced in the Congress the initiative called for (a) Federal purchase and distribution of recommended childhood vaccines for all children, (b) improving the public health capacity to deliver vaccine, (c) establishing a State-based national immunization information and tracking system, and (d) expanding immunization education and mobilization efforts directed to health care providers and parents. The authors review the progress and current status of the initiative, updating a previous progress report. The President's legislative proposal, modified by Congress, was enacted August 10, 1993. Several key provisions of the original legislation, deferred by Congress, may be incorporated in subsequent legislation or implemented through existing authorities. Therefore, the evolving framework for the initiative derives not from a single legislative mandate, but expands current immunization program activities and adds important new and complementary activities. As mentioned in the original title of the legislation, this is a "comprehensive" effort to address the problem of under-immunization in U.S. preschool children.

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The president's child immunization initiative--a summary of the problem and the response.

After only 24 days in office, President Bill Clinton announced a comprehensive childhood immunization initiative designed to assure that all children in the United States lead healthier lives by receiving age-appropriate immunizations against preventable diseases such as polio, mumps, measles, whooping cough, and diphtheria. As part of his economic stimulus proposal, the President requested $300 million for Fiscal Year 1993 to reinforce the nation's immunization infrastructure by providing funding for communities to extend clinic hours, provide more staff, and increase information and education efforts and for the planning and implementation of a national immunization tracking system. In its Fiscal 1994 budget request, the Administration asked for a doubling of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's immunization program funding to $667 million. In cooperation with key congressional committees, the Administration has also prepared legislation that would provide recommended childhood vaccines to States for free distribution to health care providers who serve children enrolled in Medicaid or who don't have health insurance that covers immunization services. Providers could not charge for the vaccine but could charge a fee for administration. State Medicaid programs would also be required to reimburse providers reasonably for vaccine administration. This measure is designed to improve universal access to immunization services by helping to remove financial barriers that impede children from being immunized at the appropriate age.

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