- Provide the family with lead education - Consider treating the child with appropriate chelation therapy - Refer the child to a clinical center specializing in lead poisoning
If the blood lead level<span> of a preschooler is found to be between 20 and 44 mcg/dL, the nurse should provide lead education to the family. The nurse should also consider treating the child with appropriate chelation therapy. The nurse may refer the child to a clinical center specializing in lead poisoning. The nurse should refer the child to social services if the child’s blood lead level is between 15 and 19 mcg/dL. The nurse should immediately provide diagnostic testing and initiate chelation therapy if the child’s blood lead level is 70 mcg/dL or greater.</span>
assuming there is no benefit to the pitcher plant from the mosquito larvae, commensalism means one species benefits while the other derives neither benefit nor harm
