CONNIE KLEINBECK RN, BSN, CDE

LIST OF AGENCIES AND PHONE NUMBERS FOR DIABETES EDUCATORS

Truman Medical Center

2301 Holmes

Kansas City, MO 64108

816-404-1422, Pager 816-771-6933

connie.kleinbeck@tmcmed.org

 

Updated 5/15/03. This list is a representative of resources available, but does not include all. Feel free to add your favorites or additional resources. Many of these companies offer free samples or demo models. These were compiled from magazines, books, internet, and offers at AADE National Conferences.

 

ORGANIZATIONS

American Diabetes Association (ADA)

1660 Duke Street

Alexandria, VA 22314

Membership information 800-232-3472

To order publications 800-232-6733

Kansas City: 10580 Barkley

Suite 40016

Overland Park, KS 66212

913-383-8210 or 1-800-676-4065 Fax: 913-383-2319

www.diabetes.org

American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) *Find an educator near you information.

100 W. Monroe 4th floor

Chicago, IL 60603

1-800-338-3633

www.aadenet.org

American Dietetic Association

216 W. Jackson Blvd

Chicago, IL 60606-6695

800-366-1655

800-745-0775 orders

American Heart Association

7272 Greenville Avenue

Dallas, TX 75231

214-373-6300

Kansas City Area: 913-648-6727 9401 Reeds Overland Park, KS 66207

www.americanheart.org

American Academy of Ophthalmology

800-628-6733

www.aao.org

American Optometric Association

800-262-3947

www.aoanet.org

Alphapointe Association for the Blind

7501 Prospect

Kansas City, Mo 64132

816-421-5848

www.umkc.edu/stulife/volagents/vol002.html

 

Center for Blindness and Low Vision

816-237-2340

Kansas Division of Services for the Blind

300 Southwest Oakley

Topeka, Kansas 66606

(913) 296-4454

KS National Federation

913-339-9341

Kansas Rehabilitation for Blind and Visually Impaired

1119 N 5th St.

Kansas City, KS 66101-2305

913-279-7410

Kansas Talking Book Services

Kansas State Library

Emporia State University

Memorial Union

1200 Commercial

Emporia, Kansas 66801

(316) 343-7124 or (800) 362-0699

Missouri Rehabilitation Services for the Blind
3418 Knipp Drive
Jefferson City, MO 65109
(800) 592-6004

Jackson County: 816-929-7171 South Office 4900 Swope Parkway

Independence and North 616 E. 13th Street 816-889-2677
http://www.dss.state.mo.us/dfs/rehab.htm 

National Kidney Foundation of Kansas and Western Missouri (offers free screenings)

1900 47 Pl

Westwood,KS 66205

913-262-1551

www.kidney.org

*Note: Call National Kidney Foundation to order quantities of brochures. Local NKF can no longer send out quantities of brochures. They can be printed from web site and copied. Local NKF can only mail patient brochure.

National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse

Box NDIC

Bethesda, MD 20892

301-654-3327

National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases

1 Diabetes Way

Bethesda, MD 20892-3560

800-GET-LEVEL

http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/diabetes/ndic.htm

SUPPLIES/PRODUCTS/PRINTED MATERIALS

Abbott Laboratories Medisense Products (Precision meters)

4A Crosby Dr.

Bedford, MA 01730

800-527-3339

www.abbott.com

Aventis Pharmaceuticals (Amaryl, Lantus, Carb Counting booklet)

399 Interpace Parkway

Parsippany, NJ 07054

800-981-2491 x6000

www.aventispharm-us.com

Bayer Corporation (Glucometer Elite, Dex meters, ketone strips)

511 Benedict Avenue

Tarrytown, NY 10591

800-348-8100

www.glucometer.com

Becton Dickinson (Syringes, Patient education material)

One Becton Drive

Franklin Lakes, NJ: 07417-1883

800-237-4554

www.bd.com/diabetes

Roche Pharmaceuticals (Accuchek Advantage, Induo, meters VOICEMATE (talking

Diabetes Customer Service meter + reads Lilly Insulin vials)

9115 Hague Road

P.O. Box 50457

Indianapolis, IN 46250-0457

800-428-5074

www.roche.com www.accu-chek.com

Bounty SCA Worldwide 312-799-7000 The Diabetes Care Guide (Free sample pkts)

Bristol-Meyers-Squibb Company (Glucovance, Glucophage)

1350 Liberty Avenue

Hillside, NJ 46285

800-332-2056

www.bms.com

Inverness Medcal Technology, Inc. (Dex 4 tabs, Monoject syringe, finger

Cimetra Insustrial Park Box 98 lotion, Monolet Lancets samples)

Chazy, New York 12921-0098

800-461-7448

www.invernessmedical.com

Matria/ Diabetes Self Care (Free meter training in home, insurance verification/billing, 24 hr/day)

Diabetes Mangagement Services and supplies

800-928-8220 Fax: 800-944-1255

Eli Lilly and Company (Insulin, patient education materials,

Pharmaceutical Division pictorial instructions)

Lilly Corporate Center

Indianapolis, IN 46285

800-545-5979

www.lillydiabetes.com

Health Literacy Project

311 South Jupiter Street, #308

Philadelphia, PA 19107-5803

215-546-1276

ICN Pharmaceuticals (Insta-Glucose Gel , Nitebite Free samples available with

3300 Hyland Ave. letterhead request.)

Costa Mesa, CA 92626

800-548-5100

www.instaglucose.com

Lifescan (ONE TOUCH Meters, SURE STEP Meters, Profile, Ultra)

Johnson &Johnson

Milpitas, CA 95035

800-524-7226

Technical Service 800-227-8862

HCP/Order Services 800-524-7226

www.lifescan.com

Missouri PRO (Passports to Health, other free brochures, and staff ed material)

3425 Constitution Court, Suite E

Jefferson City, MO 65109

800-735-6776

Fax: 573-893-5827

www.mpcrf.org

Novo Nordisk (Novulin Insulin, Patient education materials,

100 Overlook Center Novo Pen and supplies)

Princeton, NJ 08540

609-987-5800 or 1-800-727-6500

www.Novo-Nordisk.com

Owen Mumford (Lancing device, lancets, pen)

849 Pickens Industrial Drive Suite 14

Marietta, GA 30062

800-421-6936 Fax:770-426-5365

www.owenmumford.com

Paddock Laboratories, Inc (Instant glutose gel-Free samples available)

3940 Quebec Avenue N.

Minneapolis, Minn 55427

800-328-5113

www.paddocklabs.com

SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals (Avandia)

One Franklin Plaza

P.O. Box 7929

Philadelphia, PA 19101

www.sb.com

Takeda Pharmaceuticals (Actos)

Millbrrok Business Center

475 Half Day road, Suite 500

Lincolnshire, Il 60069

877- 582-5332

www.takedapharm.com

FOOT CARE INFO

Footsaver (long handed mirror)

2391 Circadian Way
Santa Rosa, CA 95407

1-877-379-2638

Fax 707-546-4720

http://www.sonic.net/~footsave/products.html

Thera Sock

301 10th Street NW Suite E-106

Conover, NC 28613

888-466-0001

Lower Extremity Amputation Prevention Program (Free sample monofilament and video)

Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC)
Division of Programs for Special Populations
4350 East West Hwy., 9th Floor
Bethesda, MD 20814

888-275-4772
http://www.bphc.hrsa.dhhs.gov/leap/

North Coast Medical, Inc Free instructional video and information packet on use of

187 Stauffer Blvd North Coast Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament

San Jose, CA 95125-1042

800-821-9319 Fax: 408-283-1950

Optiscan-2000 (Illuminated wand, magnifies, use with mobility/visual impairment)

COST approx. $250 plus Shipping/handling

800-801-5600

 

P.W. Minor Extra Depth shoes, will mail list of dealers in your area, video available on foot care, also have TREADEASY Socks

3 Treadeasy Ave. P.O. Box 678

Batavia, NY 14021-0678

716-343-1500

www.pwminor.com

 

INSULIN PUMP INFO

Disetronic Medical Systems, Inc

5201 East River Rd, Suite 312

Minneapolis, MN 55421-1014

800-280-7801

www.disetronic-usa.com

Medtronic Minimed Insulin pump/supplies/training

18000 Devonshire Street
Northridge, CA 91325-1219
800-933-3322

www.minimed.com

Animas Insulin Pump

Corporate office

590 Lancaster Avenue

Frazer, PA 19355

877-YES-PUMP (1-877-937-7867)

Patient Administration Fax 877-331-7300

www.animas.com

MEDICAL ALERT INFO

Apothecary Products, Inc.

11750-12th Avenue South

Burnsville, MN 55337-1295

800-328-2742

Goldware Medical ID Jewelry (14Kt Gold/Sterling Silver)

P.O. Box 22335

San Diego, CA 92192

800-669-7311

www.goldware-id.com

ID Technology

117 Nelson Road

Baltimore, MD

410-602-1911 inquiries, 1-877-IDBANDS (Orders only)

www.id-technology.com

Life Alert

P.O. Box 68527

Portland, OR 97268

800-223-6332

MediCheck International Foundation, Inc

800 Lee Street

Des Plaines, IL 60016

847-299-0620

www.medicool.com

Medic Alert

2323 Colorado Ave.

Turlock, CA 95382

209-668-3333 800-432-5378

www.medicalert.org

Med-I-Dent

800-942-7555

Scorpio Concepts

15537 E M-134 Box 66

DeTour Village, MI 49725

906-297-6506

SOS America, Inc.

Massapequa, NY

516-795-3960

You Name It (Interchangeable Medical ID bracelets) (*Willing to come to fairs for demo/sales)

800-360-8680 Kansas City; 816-746-4097 or 816-468-5997

MOUTH CARE

National Institutes of Health National Institute of Dental Research

Bethesda Maryland 20892

Diabetes and Periodontal Disease, A Guide for Patients NIH pub. No. 97-2946 Reprinted Jan. 1997

Dental Tips for Diabetics prepared by Office of Communications

Laclede Research Mouthcare products for xerostomia, Biotene toothpaste,

15011 Staff Court mouthwash, gum Oral Balance moisturizing gel, How Healthy is your

Gardena Ca 90248 mouth brochure.

800-922-5856

ORGANIZERS for Carrying Supplies

MEDport Direct Wallet, Daily, or Travel Organizer, shoulder or waist belt

23 Acorn Street

Providence RI 02903

800-299-5704

www.medportinc.com

SKIN CARE PRODUCTS

Calgon Vestal

Merk Skin products

800-523-1735

 

Carrington Laboratories, Inc. (DiaB products)

800-358-5205

Curel Lotion

Bausch and Lomb

Personal Products Division

1400 N. Goodman St. PO Box 450

Rochester NY 14692-0098

Dermal Therapy (contains urea Heal cream, body lotion)

Ontario Canada N5X 2N9

800-268-7200

DiabetiDerm moisturizing lotion

800-899-3116

Diapedic foot cream or Diabetic Pure Skin Therapy

Anastasia Marie Laboratories, Inc.

800-479-5232

Eucerin Cream, Lotion, and Soap

Beiersdorf Inc

301 Henry St.

Lindenhurst NY 11757

631-661-8884

MI Skin, Inc **MAY NOT be safe if have peanut allergy, ask manufacturer.

3645 Warrensvillle Center Road, Suite 321

Shaker Heights, OH 44122

800-754-6066

www.mifineskin.com

PureTek Corp (D-Care skin care products)

200 Parkside Drive,

San Fernando, CA 91340
(818) 361-3316 Fax: (818) 361-8722

www.d-care.com

800-754-6066

Smith and Nephew United (Skin care and wound care products)

800-876-1261

http://wound.smith-nephew.com/us/wound/

Swiss-American Products, Inc. (Elta lite cream, lotion, and sunscreen)

800-828-2844
www.eltalproducts.com

VISUALLY IMPAIRED/ASSISTIVE DEVICES

ALOUD (Digital Audio Labeling System for Pharmaceuticals)

ASKO Corporation

2 South Street

Stamford, NY 12167

607-652-3315

Braille Knobs and Overlays

General Electric Answer Center provides free Braille overlays and special knobs for visually impaired customers with GE, Hotpoint or post 1988 RCA major appliances. NEED MODEL/SERIAL NUMBER of appliance.

FREE 800-626-2000 24hr/day.

Count-a-Dose Enterprises Device to draw insulin using clicks. Audiotaped instruction

Medicool Incorporated

23520 Telco Ave. #6

Torrance, CA 90505

800-433-2469

IDENT-A-CAP Color coded Insulin vial identification cap

800-433-1477

Talking Meters require detailed forms for Medicare to provide. Must have original letter from ophthalmologist regarding visual impairment.

Lifescan METERS ONE TOUCH PROFILE has plug in voice adaptor from:

The Lighthouse 800-829-0500

LS&S 800-468-4789

Science Products for the Blind 800-888-7400 **Also has Sure Drop a teflon coated device that fits snugly over the top of the meter with a frame to scrape finger on after lancing to place drop of blood correctly Cost approx. $30.

Muna Corporation 508-768-9000

*** Also can make raised test strip holder by using fabric puff paint around test strip area so can feel where to apply drop of blood.

Voice attachments $200-250

VOICEMATE (Roche)

Uses Advantage Comfort Curve Strip. Has cassette tape made especially for visually impaired as well as large print instruction book. Also has vial reader for Lilly insulin only.

Can use battery or plug in

Diabetes Customer Service 800-544-7471 Voice Mail ID 5579

9115 Hague Road Customer Service 800-858-8072

P.O. Box 50100

Indianapolis, IN 46250-0100

Medication boxes of 28 bins for week of medications

Apothecary Products

800-328-2742

Maxi Aids

800-522-6294

Palco Labs, Inc. 800-346-4488 Inject-ease, auto-Lancet, Insul-eze magnifier 8030 Soquel Ave. holds insulin vial and syringe, *can add strip of magnetic tape to Santa Cruz, CA 95062 adapt for one handed use Can request 1 free sample for demo.

Syringe Support Uses 100 unit syringes

Lighthouse

800-829-0500

STAT QWIK-LET Multicolor lancing device, INSUL-GUIDE colored funnel

North Miami, Florida adaptor for insulin vials, helpful if tremors/

888-STAT-911 problems seeing port of insulin

Unicalaid Uses 50-100 unit syringes, dosing preset by sighted person

Cleveland Sight Center

216-791-8118

Ø Other Visual/Physical Impairment Resources:

Voice of the Diabetic: Free.Newsletter/tape for people who live with diabetes and visual

573-875-8911 impairment, National Federation of the Blind, Diabetes Action Network

Cleveland Sight Center, Taping Service

216-791-8118

Dynamic Living (Products for visual/physical disabilities. Catalog and newsletter)

http://www.dynamic-living.com

(888) 940-0605

Hadley School for the Blind. You, Your Eyes, and Your Diabetes

800-323-4228

Course in basic diabetes education on audiotape and in large print. Open to visually impaired and blind people, their immediate family members, and the people who work with them.

National Eye Health Education Program (Don’t Lose Sight of Diabetic Eye Disease brochure)

2020 Vision Place

Bethesda, MD 20892-3655

301- 496-5248

http://www.nei.nih.gov/  (order brochures on line)

National Federation of the Blind, Materials Center

410-659-9314

Has American Diabetes Association Exchange Lists on audiotape and in Braille. Also has "Resource List of Aids and Appliances" on audiotape and in large print and Braille.

National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped of the Library of Congress (Talking Books)

Service available to everyone in the United States whose ability to read print is impaired. Access through any local public library. Has number of diabetes books available on audiotape. Delays may occur if a book must be ordered from another area.

Prevent Blindness America (Statistics and other information)

http://www.diabetes-sight.org/

Prana Publications, The Diabetic Reader (Contains ordering information for diabetes education

800-735-7726 audiotapes)

Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic
20 Roszel Road
Princeton, NJ 08540
800-221-4792
www.rfbd.org


A Guide to Making Documents Accessible to People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired

By: Jennifer Sutton (2002)

http://www.acb.org/accessible-formats.html

COUGH/COLD MEDICATIONS Sugar Free/Alcohol Free

Diabetic Tussin

800-899-3116

Scott-Tussin "Kosher" No dye, alcohol, sugar-free

Pharmacal Co., Inc.

Cranston, R.I. 02920-0217

800-638-7268

 

Safe Tussin 30 Cough Medicine

800-824-4891

FOOD INFORMATION

Butter Buds Hotline

800-231-1123 M-F 9-5 Eastern Time

CHOICE DM Liquid or nutrition bar products for diabetes

Mead Johnson & Co. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

800-247-7893 NutriLine

Estee Sugar Free Cookies and products Not necessarily Fat Free

800-34-ESTEE

Equal Sends Equal Educational Kit. Each kit contains materials for 50

1-800-323-5316 Patients

Fax 201-804-5530

Nitebite

ICN Pharmaceuticals
3300 Hyland Drive
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
United States of America
(800) 556-1937

Natra Taste Sugar Substitute

800-628-7211

Sweet’N Low Hotline

800-221-1763

SWEET ONE HOTLINE

800-544-8610

FOOD MODELS

National Dairy Council

6300 North River Road

Rosemont, IL 60018-4233

708-696-1860-ext. 220

 

NASCO

901 Janesville Avenue

Ft. Atkinson, WI 53538-0901

800-558-9595

Wisconsin Dairy Council

999 Oakmont Plaza Drive, #510

Westmont, WI 60559

800-993-2479

SHARPS CONTAINERS

B-D Sharps Container

800-237-4554

Med-Safe Insulin and Lancet Disposal System

800-268-4894

OTHER JOURNALS, MAGAZINES, NEWSLETTERS, and other information

Diabetes Interview Research, business, product updates

3715 Balboa St.

San Francisco, CA 94121

800-488-8468 Fax: 800-3241-9434

Diabetes Forecast (monthly magazine)

American Diabetes Association; subscription included with ADA membership

800-806-7801

Diabetes Advisor (bimonthly newsletter)

American Diabetes Association

800-806-7802

DIABETES Self-Management bimonthly magazine

P.O. Box 51125

Boulder CO 80323-1125

The Diabetes Educator Journal of the American Association of Diabetes Educators

800-338-3633

The Diabetes Spectrum quarterly publication of American Diabetes Association

800-232-3472

Diabetes in Control –Weekly email. Education on products, diabetes, Free CEU’s available

www.diabetesincontrol.com

www.DiabetesWATCH.com/carbrefill for additional information on counting carbohydrate

GlaxoSmithKline www.DesMatter.com 1-800-345-1809 for membership information. Diabetes Education Free Patient education tools. Flip charts and information wheels in English and Spanish for diabetes, eye, foot, and heart. English or Spanish Understanding diabetes, Foot Care and Nutrition/exercise tear pads come with kit.

 

Diabetes Australia Multilingual Internet Resource

http://www.multilingualdiabetes.org/multilingualdiabetes/index.htm

Ethnic Medicine Information

http://ethnomed.org/

Food Pyramids in other languages

http://multiculturalhealth.org/

Health Literacy info

http://www.healthypeople.gov/

Pictograms

http://www.usp.org/

Prevent Blindness

http://www.diabetes-sight.org/

 

 

5/15/03 C Kleinbeck RN, BSN, CDE