The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA) Waived tests include a battery of clinical tests cleared by the FDA for home use. Generally, CLIA Waived tests are simple enough and expose very low risks of erroneous results and serious health con sequences to the client. To decrease the risk of erroneous results, the test needs to be performed correctly, by trained personnel and in an environment where good laboratory practices are followed. Please call our office to find out which CLIA Waived tests are available through MEIGER Health. The list of approved CLIA Waived tests includes:

• Dipstick or Tablet reagent urinalysis for the following:
  Bilirubin, Glucose, Hemoglobin, Ketone, Leukocytes, Nitrite, pH, Protein, among others.
• Fecal occult blood
• FSH and TSH
• Urine pregnancy tests – visual color comparison tests
• ESR
• Hemoglobin and Hematocrit
• Blood glucose by glucose monitoring devices cleared by the FDA specifically for home use
• Toxicology tests (Cannabis, barbiturates, amphetamine, cocaine, opiates, etc.)
• HIV
• Influenza A/B
• Trichomonas vaginalis
• HBA1c

Our home health aides, under the direct supervision of the registered nurse (RN), assist elderly and disabled patients with activities of daily living and/or instrumental activities of daily living. Home health aide services include:

• Bathing
• Dressing
• Grooming
• Personal Hygiene
• Nail Care
• Hair Care
• Skin Care

• Toileting
• Ambulation
• Transfer
• Errands
• Light housekeeping
• Companionship

All candidates for home health aide positions must have the following:

• First Aid License
• CPR License
• Home Health Aide License from District of Columbia
• Home Health Aide Certification from District of Columbia
• PPD/chest x-ray test within 6 months
• Skill check list from Home Health Aide school where they graduated
• Two forms of identification including authorization to work in the United States

It’s not easy to deal with a crisis alone. When you experience the loss of a loved one, severe sickness, disability, accident, treatment of developmental illness, and other problems, you need someone who knows expertly about what to do and whom to approach. Meiger Health‘s medical social workers assess the person’s physical, emotional, and mental needs and the family’s support system. We then find the person and/or his family the assistance that he needs. We help provide financial assistance in the case that the afamily could not afford medication or household bills. We also provide counseling to depressed, emotionally unstable, and any other developmentally incapacitated individuals. We connect the family to agencies, institutions, government programs, and other organizations or persons that could assist in finding solutions.

Occupational therapy services are provided for the purpose of promoting health and wellness and to those who have or are at risk of developing an illness, injury, disease, disorder, condition, impairment, disability, activity limitation, or participation restriction.

Occupational therapy addresses physical, cognitive, psychosocial, sensory, communication, and other areas of performance in various contexts and environments in everyday life activities that affect health, well-being, and quality of life. The overarching goal of occupational therapy is to support health and participation in life through engagement in occupations. Services include:

• Promoting functional skills for persons with developmental disabilities
• Training individuals with structural disability to be able to function independently, including the use of artificial limbs
• Providing retraining for individuals with traumatic brain injury, training and education towards the use of prosthetic devices for amputations