Employee Occupational Health and Wellness (EOHW)

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Employee Occupational Health and Wellness (EOHW)

• Faculty /Staff Occupational Health Services
• Personal Assistance Service
• Live For Life health promotion

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Employee Occupational Health Placement/Surveillanc
e

• EOH assures the safe placement and surveils
  on-going health of employees in selected safety
  sensitive jobs.
• Placement and surveillance activities are based
  on various internal and external policies and
  regulations from many different Duke functions
  and outside agencies.

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Employee Occupational Health Placement/Surveillanc
e

• 4,200 hires generated 10,000 encounters during
  FY2009
• included vaccination, medication review,
  substance abuse screening, special risk research
  area evaluation, respirator fit testing
• 9,000 surveillance activities
• included hearing testing, tuberculin tests,
  respiratory fit testing, DOT exams, animal
  handler health review and high containment
  laboratory health reviews

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Injury Care

• EOH provides all primary care services for
  injuries, illnesses and exposures related to work
• EOH aligns closely with Workers Comp. Admin. and
  Safety Office

Injury Care Activity FY2009 Injury Care Activity FY2009
New cases 2,200 (4,200 follow up visits)
Resolution 80 within 1 month 96 within 6 mos. 100 working at 6 mos.
Blood/Body Fluid/ Tuberculosis 850 exposure cases No communicable disease in 10 yrs.
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Work Exposures

• Blood/body fluid, infectious agent, chemical,
  radiation exposures must be reported to EOHW
• Get emergent care if needed first
• Then call 684 8115 and ask for EOHW (24/7
  service )

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Employee Occupational Health Fitness for Duty

• EOH addresses the spectrum of FFD issues
  including physical and mental capacity,
  communicable disease, substance abuse, etc
• EOH reviews all ADA cases, selected FMLA requests
  and LTD cases, special parking requests
• EOH manages unique events such as employees
  traveling to Haiti providing patient care

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Personal Assistance Service
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LIVE FOR LIFE Programs

• Health Screenings
• Lending Library
• Steps to Health
• Fitness Injury Prevention
• Stress Management
• Nutrition Weight Loss
• Duke Fitness Club

• Run/Walk Club
• Tobacco Cessation
• Pathways to Change
• Chair Massage
• StairWELL to Health
• Take Ten "Energize Your Work Day"
• Farmers Market
• Maintain Don't Gain

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Influenza Vaccination Program
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Reproductive Health Counsel

• Joint program with Safety Office to assist
  employees with concerns about their reproductive
  health and work
• 32 consultations in FY2009, in depth evaluation
  and educational sessions
• Employees often concerned about exposure to
  radiation, anesthetic gas, laboratory chemicals,
  animals

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Duke Travel

• Faculty/Staff on Duke business
• Faculty /Staff on non-Duke business

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EOHW Contact

• Hotline [phone] or in-house 115
• Phone [phone]
• E mail EOHW_at_mc.duke.edu (checked daily)
• Page George Jackson, MD co-director 970
  3449
• Carol Epling, MD co-director 970 4244