Occupational Health Clinic

FAQs

• How will I be notified if my FMLA has been approved?

  After your FMLA papers have been processed, Employee Relations will notify your supervisor by e-mail and then your supervisor or manager will notify you. Housestaff and faculty are notified by their Program Director or Dean.

• How can I check my compliance status?

  You can check your compliance by going to myhealthandwellness.vanderbilt.edu. Your supervisor can look up your status on the Record Of Compliance in Occupational Health Clinic report on MyVandy. Also you can call Occupational Health Clinic during business hours.

• When was my last TB Skin test?

  You may see the date of your last TB skin test by logging in to the Health and Wellness Information Portal.

• Who can read my TB Skin test?
  MDs, NPs and Occupational Health Clinic staff may read results. Also nurses who have been trained and certified by Occupational Health Clinic can read the results. You cannot read your own TB skin test.
• I had a work injury. What do I do?
  Notify your supervisor and complete a First Report of Work Injury online. If you need medical care, proceed to Occupational Health Clinic. After business hours, go to the Vanderbilt Adult Emergency Dept.
• I have a health problem that might be work-related. What should I do?

  Risk Management determines if the condition is compensable under TN Workers' Compensation. You can be seen in Occupational Health for an initial consultation regardless of the Workers' Compensation decision.

• What are the charges? Will my insurance cover it?
  There are no charges for services at Occupational Health Clinic. However, non-work-related conditions that need lab tests and/or supplies may incur charges, which will be the employee's responsibility.
• Can I walk in without an appointment?

  Walk-in services are available for vaccines, labs, TB tests and urgent medical care.  Walk-in services are also available for acute medical care at Faculty/Staff Express Care.

• Do you close for lunch?
  No. However depending on clinic volume, walk-ins may experience a longer wait during the lunch hour.
• My patient was a source patient for a needlestick. How do I order labs?

  If you have access to WIZ order you would order them in WIZ by typing in exposure or source and accepting the lab in the order set. If you work in an area external to Vanderbilt, such as a clinic in an outlying area, you would use the protocol for outside clinics and contact Occupational Health Clinic at 936-0955 for assistance.  It is extremely important to order the source HIV stat because antiretroviral medication is most effective if given within 1-2 hours of the needle stick. It can be started within 24 hours of the injury but is not as effective.  Click here to view the Powerpoint presentation Blood and Body Fluid Exposures: Source patient testing in WizOrder and exposure reporting for instructions on ordering source patient labs.