Services

A number of services are provided to the employees and students of the University of Washington through Campus Health Services.

Campus Health Services works in a relationship with Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) to provide the clinical services required by State and Federal law and/or by consensus of the University.  These services cover required:

• immunizations for healthcare workers, lab workers, and others as required by law,
• screenings,
• active surveillance (such as for Tb), and
• exposure response (for hazardous substances).

CHS is governed by a CHS Executive Committee which:

• Assures that the UW is in compliance with clinical services to meet mandatory occupational health and safety requirements and responsibilities;
• Makes higher level administrative and medical decisions, including but not limited to:
  • Standardization of operations and services across service sites
  • Separation of the employee / student health record from the employee’s / student’s personal medical record (RCW20.04)
  • Surveillance activities required for UW’s research, educational and service programs, along with the impact of those required activities on operational units of the CHS
• Provides strategic leadership
  • Sets scope of service for CHS
  • Serves as liaison to upper administration at the UW
  • Reviews policies and procedures that cross unit boundaries

CHS is managed by a CHS Operations Committee which:

• Is made up of the Managers of the various Employee Health Centers and the Student Programs that operate under the aegis of CHS.
• Manages and coordinates clinical services addressing employee and student health needs as directed by the CHS Executive Committee.
• Defines and develops general concensus regarding day-to-day standard of care and key clinical services across the UW system for employees & student health programs.
• Work with EH&S staff to define operational level roles and responsibilities in providing employee related health services.