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Kennewick:
8am to noon
1pm to 5pm
Monday-Friday
Pasco:
8am to noon
1pm to 5pm
Monday-Friday
Prosser:
9am to 1pm
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
Effective Monday, October 19, 2009
the Benton Franklin Health District’s Kennewick Office will be closed during the noon hour,
from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
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Education, Outreach & Injury Prevention
 Education, Outreach
&
Injury Prevention
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Safe Kids Benton-Franklin Coalition
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Safe Kids Benton-Franklin Coalition
The Safe Kids Benton
Franklin Coalition has injury prevention toolkits available to be checked out
to the public. These kits have everything you need to help you provide injury
prevention education or presentations. Topic areas for the toolkits include
child passenger safety, home safety, head injury prevention, fire safety,
drowning prevention, poison prevention, safe gun storage, choking prevention,
and disaster preparedness.
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Food Safety
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Food Worker Cards
Properly trained food workers
help protect the health, safety, and well-being of the residents and visitors
of Benton and Franklin Counties.
Food Services
Environmental Health Food Service program houses many programs to keep our community safe and healthy.
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Handwashing Trailer
In 2002, the Environmental Health Program designed and
specially-equipped a trailer to be used for handwashing in the community.
Food Safety
Access links to help you
protect yourself and your family from the most common causes of foodborne
illness.
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Infectious
Disease
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Animal Born
Diseases
Environmental Health staff
provides information regarding the symptoms and prevention of animal-borne
diseases such as Hantavirus, West
Nile, and Rabies.
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Communicable Disease
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Water
& Solid Waste
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Drinking & Ground Water
The primary focus of this
program is to provide information to well users on appropriate testing and the
importance of water quality. Additionally, we provide review and approval
service for those wells serving 2 homes.
Bloodborne
Pathogens
HIV/Aids
Education
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Sewage Disposal
Anyone who installs, alters
or repairs an on-site sewage system is required to first obtain a permit from
the Benton-Franklin Health District.
Solid Waste
We are responsible for
review, permitting, and inspection of all solid waste disposal sites.
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Other Health Education
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Medicaid Outreach
The outreach worker provides
education regarding Medicaid eligibility through participation at area schools,
health fairs and presentations. For more information, contact Romy at 460-4216.
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Oral Health
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About the BFHD 
Benton Franklin Health District