Employee Health Center

The UW Employee Health Center in EH&S serves UW personnel who do not work at the UW Medicine medical centers.

UW EH&S Employee Health

General inquiries

COVID-19 inquiries

emphlth@uw.edu

covidehc@uw.edu

206.685.1026

206.616.3344

UW Medicine medical center personnel should contact the appropriate employee health group.

Harborview Medical Center Employee Health	ehshmc@uw.edu	206.744.3081
UWMC-Montlake Employee Health	emhealth@uw.edu	206.598.4848
UWMC-Northwest Employee Health	employeehealthnw@uw.edu	206.668.1625
UW Neighborhood Clinics	uwnc-employee-health@uw.edu	206.520.5536

The UW Employee Health Center provides work-related preventive care for UW employees in specific work groups, such as health sciences research, animal husbandry, oceanographic research, and facilities and maintenance. We provide these services for UW employees who do not work at any of the UW Medicine medical centers.

We provide clinical services that prevent work-related injuries and illnesses, such as health screenings, ongoing medical surveillance, case management for injury and exposure evaluations, and compliance reports to campus departments that require specific preventive services, such as vaccinations. If your position requires screening, surveillance, or preventive care from the Employee Health Center, your supervisor or HR manager will let you know.

These are some of the specific services the Employee Health Center provides:

Hepatitis B vaccinations and management of Hepatitis B requirement
Immunizations to comply with specific work-related recommendations
Tuberculosis screening and surveillance
Health screenings and physical exams for animal husbandry and research staff, including animal use medical screening (AUMS).
Minor injury and first aid treatment
Project-specific surveillance and safety counseling
Scientific SCUBA diving medical clearances
Audiogram review and standard threshold shift notification
Respiratory medical clearances
Influenza vaccination (only if required to meet a job-specific occupational requirement)
Post-exposure evaluations
Blood pressure screening
Smoking cessation referrals

Contact us

Location

We are located on the ground floor of the Hall Health Center building in suite G-07.

Address
Employee Health Center
4060 E. Stevens Way NE, Room G07
Seattle, WA 98195
Campus Mail: Box 354400

Hours of operation
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday

After normal business hours, if an employee has a work-related medical injury/illness/exposure, they should seek care at the UW Medicine UW Medical Center or call UWMC Emergency Medical Services at 206.598.4000.

Contact
Phone: 206.685.1026
Fax: 206.221.5110
Email: emphlth@uw.edu

When contacting the Employee Health Center:

Call 206.685.1026 to schedule or cancel appointments.
Please call in advance to schedule an appointment for medical screenings or reviews.
To protect your privacy, email should not be used to request or share personal medical information.
Employee Health Center services are billed to the employee’s department. You need permission from your supervisor to access Employee Health Center services.

Your first visit

When you come to the Employee Health Center for your first visit, please arrive 15 minutes early to complete the registration process.

If you are a new employee coming to the Employee Health Center for a health screening, please bring all of your immunization records to your first appointment.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Injury
Injured employees can call us at 206.685.1026 immediately following an incident. We can provide first aid and a brief assessment of the injury, and then refer the employee to another healthcare facility for more complete medical attention. If an injury occurs outside EHC’s business hours (8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday), the employee should seek care at a healthcare facility in the community, such as the UW Medical Center. If it’s an emergency, the employee should call 911.

Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure

Any UW employee with a possible bloodborne pathogen exposure should contact the UW Employee Health Center at 206.685.1026 and be evaluated as soon as possible.

If the exposure occurs outside EHC’s business hours (8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday), contact the nearest hospital emergency department, which may be located at either the UW Medical Center (206.598.4000) or Harborview Medical Center (206.744.3081).

See the Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure page for more information.

As a service to the UW community, the Employee Health Center offers free blood pressure screenings for UW staff and faculty. Please call ahead to arrange an appointment any time during office hours. For more information call 206.685.1026.

We recognize our responsibility for safeguarding the privacy of your health information. For information regarding use and disclosure of protected health information maintained in your employee health record, you may view the Washington State Codes that govern employee health information at WAC 296-802 and RCW 70.02.