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Board of Health approves communicable‑disease, vital‑signs, milk‑depot and naloxone policies
Summary
The Appleton City Board of Health unanimously approved updated communicable‑disease and vital‑signs policies, adopted a new milk‑depot partnership with the Mother's Milk Bank of the Western Great Lakes, and launched a naloxone distribution and overdose education program.
The Board of Health approved a package of policy updates and two new public‑health programs during its meeting.
Deputy Director Sonya Janssen summarized the principal changes and new programs, telling the board the communicable‑disease reporting and investigation policy “covers disease reporting, investigation and follow‑up, and also talks about the roles of nursing intake” and standardizes how staff connect the public with resources and health education. The board approved that policy by voice vote.
Janssen also presented a brief policy standardizing measurement of client vital signs by public‑health nurses, saying the policy requires…
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