Employee Health Services follows all UC Davis Health System Worker’s Compensation cases (except for employee’s who have pre-designated to Human Resources, in writing, an alternate Primary Treating Physician) for at least the first 30 days after an injury has been reported.  Employee health is open from 7 a.m.to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.   The Med Clinic located on Folsom Blvd. is our designated back up clinic that will see Workers' Compensation injuries after 4 p.m. without an appointment.  Our established contract with them is to treat you one time.  All follow up appointments are done in at employee health.  If seen at this clinic, you are required to call employee health to make a follow up appointment and bring a copy of  the Med Status report given to you for your supervisors.   After hours when employee health is closed our phone message line at (916) 734–3572 will give hours of operation, phone number and address of the Med Clinic.  This clinic is open until 10 p.m. including weekends and holidays.

Health system employees presenting to the Emergency Department triage station should only be seen for life, limb or organ threatening injuries.  All other cases should be referred to the Med Clinic, or employee health, that or the following day.  Information pertaining to the management of acute pain and strain injuries is available at our employee health website.  http://staff.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu

• All Bloodborne Pathogen Exposures are treated at employee health.  On – line reporting is preferred.  Employee Health Services web site will link you to the correct incident to complete. Refer to the “pink” card dispensed to you during PE hire exam.  This card is given to identified employees who are at risk of sustaining exposures and is to be worn behind ID badge at all times. Refer to Hospital Policy and Procedures # 2167.
• Employees with possible communicable rashes should be referred to their primary care physician or to employee health for evaluation.  All staff with suspect rash or pink eye need to be taken off of work until they can be bring a health clearance from their primary care physician or employee health saying they are free of any communicable diseases.   Employees with possible communicable conditions ARE NOT to be referred to the Emergency Department for evaluation. Refer to Employee Health Services web site for “fact sheets” for several topics and useful information.  All fact sheets can be printed from this site.
• Employees presenting with non-work related complaints should be directed to their own physicians. Emergency Department for possible life, limb or organ threatening conditions.  Employees should go directly to Emergency Department for chest pain, severe fractures, deep lacerations, seizures, loss of consciousness, or any other condition that is life threatening, including limb or organ conditions.