Dealing with worker's compensation issues can be a challenging and confusing task for employers. At Sentara Halifax Occupational Medicine, these issues can be handled in an efficient and cost-effective way. Below is a list of services our worker’s compensation program offers to employers:
- Prompt scheduling of appointments
- Timely treatment of new injuries/illnesses
- Appropriate referrals to specialists, as needed
Sentara Halifax Occupational Medicine offers several different types of physical exams, including those required by law and others found by employers to be useful in maintaining a healthy and safe workforce.
Department of Transportation (DOT)
Examinations follow all Federal Regulations and Requirements. Basic components include:
- Height, weight, vital signs, vision, hearing and head-to-toe assessment.
Optional components:
- Audiogram
Pre-Placement
- Height, weight, vital signs, vision and head-to-toe assessment.
Respiratory
This examination includes completion of a Pulmonary Function Test questionnaire. Once a baseline physical is completed and on file, the questionnaire will be reviewed to determine if a physical is necessary. Basic components include:
- Height, weight, vital signs, PFT and heart and lung assessment;
- Chest X-ray provided at Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital (only if indicated).
Fitness for Duty
This physical is developed specifically for your company and the employee’s job description. When requesting this type of physical, the employer will need to provide a job description and medical record history.
Medical Surveillance
Basic components include:
- Respiratory physical, head-to-toe assessment, vision, UA dip, baseline chest X-ray (provided at Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital) and EKG.
Insurance
- As determined by insurance company.
Drug and Alcohol Testing Services
- Certified Medical Review Officer
- Walk in service—no appointment necessary
- Department of Transportation (DOT) federally mandated testing
- Company specific testing (non-DOT)
Drug/Alcohol Screenings:
- Pre-placement
- Randoms—DOT/non-DOT (pool selections available)
- Post-accident
- Reasonable suspicion
- Follow-ups
- Return to work
- Breath alcohol (DOT/non-DOT)
- Saliva test (DOT/non-DOT)
- Hair test
- Table-top urine drug testing, offering fast, accurate results at the point of collection
Sentara Halifax Occupational Medicine provides 5- and 10-panel screening options, although comprehensive specific panels for substances can be created upon request. Samples of the 5- and 10-panels include:
5-Panel / LANIDA
- Amphetamine
- Cannaboids
- Cocaine
- Opiates
PCP 10-Panel (5-Panel plus:)
- Barbiturates
- Benzodiazepines (Valium)
- Metadone
- Methaqualone
- Propoxyphene (Darvon)
Through Sentara Halifax Occupational Medicine offers the following industrial rehab programs to create a safer and more efficient workplace:
- Pre-placement screenings measure a client's maximum lifting ability in several lift positions, as well as cardiovascular endurance.
If you are interested in receiving more information on these or other industrial programs, please call 434-517-3136.