The population served includes employees, volunteers and students in UW campus departments and programs, and the Health Sciences schools and laboratories, and the Washington Regional Primate Center. In addition the OHNP provides occupational exams, care for work-related exposures, injuries and illnesses, care for exposures to blood and other body substances, and other clinical services related to mandated occupational health programs.
Orders appropriate diagnostic tests and interprets results.
Prescribes drug therapy or other treatments. Provides patient education. Coordinates referrals to medical specialists as necessary. Makes decisions regarding employee fitness for work assignment following acute illness or injury. Hearing conservation program.