Meredith
I think you are probably experiencing what we all are. I think is the future of Health Care….
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One of the reasons we do not use PPD testing is that we can’t afford the time with our current FTEs.
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We use IGRA tests
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Because we are a low risk facility/area for TB, we do a test on hire and then do annual symptom sheets for positives at the same time of year
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This means that we can send lab slips and symptom sheets by email to the employee
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As an ARNP I am both the manager and the lead clinician.
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Employees come here to EHS for any services (FFD, Exposures, Return to work, ADA evals)
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Part of the reason for this is to keep employee medical information private and protected.
Hope this helps
Deborah A. Sampson, PhD, APRN, COHN-S, FAANP
Director
Employee Health and Wellness Services
Southern New Hampshire Health P.O.Box 2014 8 Prospect Street Nashua, NH 03060
p(603) 281-8583 f (603) 577-5665
From: MCOH-EH [mailto:mcoh-eh-bounces+deborah.sampson=snhhs.org@mylist.net]
On Behalf Of Weaver Meredith
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2017 3:58 PM
To: 'mcoh-eh@mylist.net'
Subject: [External] [MCOH-EH] Growing Pains for Centralized Employee Health
We are facing the challenges of providing employee health services to healthcare system that is growing a very rapid pace. New clinics, off-site locations, and departments are being added monthly, if not weekly. I have two questions for
the group.
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One of our greatest challenges is in administering our tuberculosis testing program. We currently place PPDs based upon the designated month for the employee’s department. It is becoming more and more difficult to manually update and
maintain a list that is then tied to our electronic employee health record. How do you administer your TB program? Do you designate testing by department by month, by the employee’s birth date, etc.? What challenges or advantages have you seen with your
particular program method?
2.
If your healthcare system has gone through or is going through rapid growth, how have you managed providing fitness for duty testing and exposure management follow up to your off-site employees? Do you outsource, contract with other
hospitals, travel, etc.?
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Meredith R. Weaver, SHRM-CP
Manager, Employee Health
WVU Medicine
PO Box 8120
Morgantown, WV 26506-8120
Phone: 304-598-4000 ext. 77719
Clinic: 304-598-4160
Fax: 304-598-4957
WVUMedicine.com
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