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MINUTES OF MEETING <br />PARIS -LAMAR COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />The Paris -Lamar County Board of Health held its regular <br />monthly meeting on Wednesday, July 26, 2000, at Christus <br />St. Joseph's Hospital. Board members in attendance <br />included Dr. Ed Clark, Dr. Caroline Wilson, Mrs. Ann <br />Norment, Dr. Robert Moseley, and Dr. Wally Kraft. Others <br />in attendance included Mr. Mike Malone, Mr. Paul Swasko, <br />Mrs. LaDonna Koehn, Mr. Anthony Bethel, Mr. Harold <br />Higgins, and Dr. Paul McGaha. <br />The meeting was called to order at 7:07 am, and the <br />minutes from the previous meeting were approved. <br />Dr. McGaha discussed the recent outbreak of Hepatitis A in <br />Lamar County since the first of the year and handed out <br />statistics concerning the outbreak. Harold Higgins <br />discussed the reporting of Hepatitis A, and the <br />availability of gamma globulin. Dr. Wilson suggested that <br />the hospitals change their policy to include HepA IGM in <br />their panel tests. Dr. Kraft wanted something put in the <br />Paris News about the Hepatitis A outbreak, and wanted the <br />food handlers notified of the outbreak. <br />Anthony Bethel and Harold Higgins discussed the <br />immunization grant. Anthony informed the Board that the <br />only thing differently we would have to do would be to <br />send a Nurse to all schools and day cares in Lamar County <br />to audit immunization records. <br />Anthony Bethel passed out monthly reports, and informed <br />the Board that the Health Department is in the process of <br />signing up for the CHIPS program. <br />The next meeting was scheduled for August 23rd, at <br />McCuistion Regional Medical Center at 7am. The meeting <br />adjourned at 8:05am. <br />Respectfully submitted, <br />Anthony Bethel <br />