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Get to know OTIS. (Drugs, Pregnancy, and Lactation).
Many physicians are unfamiliar with the Organization of Teratology Information Services (OTIS), a group that provides practical information to health care providers and their patients concerning exposure to various drugs, chemicals, and other agents in pregnancy.
OTIS is composed of more than 35 Teratology Information Services (TISs) and individual members in the United States and Canada. Every geographic region of North America is served by a TIS; most are affiliated with a university, university hospital, or state health department. To find a TIS in your area, contact OTIS at 866-626-6847 or go to their Web site, www.otispregnancy.org.
Each TIS has a staff of one or more counselors, directed by a teratologist, who provide counseling and risk assessment regarding potential teratogenic exposures. Counselors can calm the fears of expectant mothers when an exposure involves a nonteratogen and are compassionate and helpful when the exposure is a known, potent human teratogen.
Most counselors are familiar with a wide range of related subjects, including teratology, dysmorphology, toxicology, and pharmacology.
Every year, the TISs receive approximately 75,000 inquiries regarding pregnancy exposures from health professionals and the public. Most inquires are made and answered by telephone. Some responses are made in person or in a letter sent to the caller's health care practitioner.
Because of the networking system, OTIS has the ability to quickly call upon their entire organization and outside specialists in government and private industry anywhere in the world to assist in formulating a response to almost any inquiry.
OTIS also produces fact sheets for patients that discuss the fetal effects of pregnancy exposure to a variety of drugs, environmental chemicals, and diseases. These fact sheets are available on the OTIS Web site and from individual TISs. Health care professionals are free to use them as educational material for their patients.
- Otis sale finalized; dozens to be evicted: Some worry shelters will face strain.
- Newspaper article from: Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA) September 5, 2007 700+ words
...RenCorp has not decided how the Otis will be redeveloped. The New...the poor or middle class. Otis tenants will get longer than...concerned that the loss of the Otis will put more strain on homeless...Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For reprints, email tmsreprints...
- First of F-15s leave Otis Air Force Base, Mass.
- Newspaper article from: Cape Cod Times (Hyannis, MA) September 8, 2007 700+ words
...headquarters to be located at Otis. An Air Force war-fighting...Wing employs 1,100 people at Otis, including civilians and full...military facilities or stay at Otis and train for new missions...Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For reprints, email tmsreprints...
- Otis employees to spend day aiding community projects.
- Newspaper article from: Watertown Daily Times (Watertown, NY) June 17, 2007 700+ words
...that he personally uses one. Otis employees also are being asked...projects that could be helped by Otis workers is asked to call Mr. Hinkleman at 348-4300. Otis is one of the largest makers...Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For reprints, email tmsreprints...
- Officials asked to help Otis residents: Developer's plans would force evictions.
- Newspaper article from: Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA) July 6, 2007 700+ words
...places to live for many at the Otis, in part because several have...some with sex offenses. The Otis is part of a strip of old residential...devote an employee to place Otis tenants into new housing...Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For reprints, email tmsreprints...
- Shuggie Otis' 27-year-old look at the future still inspires.(The Orange County...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Wener, Ben April 17, 2001 700+ words
...amp;B bandleader Johnny Otis and, not surprisingly, got...Johnny _ though, as the senior Otis says in the liner notes...of untapped talent, Shuggie Otis now may become the stuff of...by Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services. (c) 2001, The Orange County...
- Rural lifestyle can be saved, developer says: Frank meets with Otis Orchards...
- Newspaper article from: Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA) June 5, 2007 700+ words
...meeting and wants to preserve Otis Orchards for "gentleman farmers...crucial decision is whether Otis Orchards is placed in an...occur every five years, so Otis Orchards residents will have...Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For reprints, email tmsreprints...
- Purchase has Darden growth on right trajectory, Otis says: 'We have a better...
- Newspaper article from: Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL) September 15, 2007 700+ words
...have cut back on dining out. Otis called the consumer climate...seals by Canadian fishermen. Otis said Darden would not support...chickens killed by a gasmethod. Otis said Darden was committed to...Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For reprints, email tmsreprints...
- Otis air base 'secure'.
- Newspaper article from: Cape Cod Times (Hyannis, MA) September 17, 2007 700+ words
...every day," Patrick said. Otis lost its jets during the 2005...station an intelligence unit at Otis, which will add 135 full...mission, since it will put Otis on the cutting edge of Air...Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For reprints, email tmsreprints...
Source: HighBeam Research, Get to know OTIS. (Drugs, Pregnancy, and Lactation).