Health Services

Preventive Care

The Chief, Preventive Medicine is a board certified Preventive Medicine Physician. The chief directs a department with ten sections staffed by over 71 employees comprising both military and civilian. The DPM serves the same functions on an Army post as a county health department would serve in the civilian sector with the addition of occupational health services and deployment/field preventive medicine.

2021 FLW Community Health Assessment Summary
 

Occupational Health (OH)

  • Fit Testing
  • Worker’s Compensation
  • Employment and DOT Physicals
  • Return To Duty Evaluations & Work Restrictions
  • Worker’s Compensation Evaluations and Work-Site Safety Inspections

Industrial Hygiene (IH)

  • Indoor Air Quality Sampling and Ventilation Testing
  • Work-Site Evaluations (Engineered &Administrative Controls)
  • Mold and Asbestos Assessment and Abatement
  • Lead Exposure Surveys and Consultation
  • Employee Exposure Monitoring (Noise, Radiation, Chemicals, etc.)

Public Health Nursing (PHN)

  • Communicable Disease Surveillance and Treatment (Tuberculosis, Sexual Health/Responsibility Clinic, HIV, Hepatitis, Meningitis, etc.)
  • Environmental Injury Prevention and Education (Heat and Cold Injuries)
  • Rabies Prevention and Education
  • Travel Medicine Clinic

Environmental Health (EH)

  • Water Surveillance
  • Online Food Handlers Course
  • Sanitation Inspections of Community Facilities (Gyms, Pools, Daycares, Beauty & Barber Shops, etc.)
  • Insect Surveillance and Management
  • Field Sanitation Training

Health Physics

  • Radiation Exposure Assessment
  • Radiation Exposure Monitoring

Army Hearing Program

  • Annual Hearing Screenings
  • Hearing Protection Fittings (Earplugs) and Hearing Aids
  • Tactical Communications Systems
  • Hearing Conservation Officer Training

Contact Us

Phone Number(s)

Occupation Health (OH)

Phone

(573) 596-0039(573) 596-9705

Fax

(573) 596-0541

Location

Main hospital, first floor room 135

Industrial Hygiene (IH)

Phone

(573) 596-9255(573) 596-9358

Fax

(573) 596-0541

Location

Main hospital, first floor room 135

Public Health Nursing (PHN)

Phone

(573) 596-0518(573) 596-4913

Fax

(573) 596-0802

Location

BLDG 2222

Environmental Health (EH) 

Phone

(573) 596-9004(573) 596-9161(573) 596-9718

Fax

(573) 596-0541

Location

BLDG 2222

Radiation Safety (RS)

(573) 596-9879

Location

BLDG 2222

Army Hearing Program

Phone

(573)596-9307

Location

Main Hospital, basement floor

 

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