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 Dr. Jacob Schwarz, Director of the Spine Center and Assistant Professor ​of the Department of Neurological Surgery, speaks with Occupational Health about "text neck."

What's in your medicine cabinet? Perhaps you have a few leftover pain pills, half a bottle of cough syrup, or even an entire cache of controlled substances from a loved one who has died.

This issue includes:
 
 Care Gap Alerts: Cervical Cancer with Dr. Ronald Alvarez
 Don’t Let Heartburn Scorch Your Holidays
 Hold the Stuffing Final Weigh-ins
 Holiday Celebrations
 Recipe: Pear and Goat Cheese Crostini
 and much more!
 
 Issue 366, 2016 December/2017 January (University Edition)

View health care recources for LGBTQ faculty and staff.

Can I get allergy shots at the Occupational Health Clinic? Yes! Your allergist will give your first shots in his/her office. When you have gotten to the maintenance dose of your medication, Occupational Health Clinic nurses can administer your shots.

The Faculty/Staff Express Care offers services for minor infections such as colds, sinus infections, sore throat, bronchitis, and ear infections for all Vanderbilt emplo

If you think the employee has one of the following conditions, ask the employee to wear a surgical face mask and report to Occupational Health as soon as possible.
 
 Chicken Pox
 Whooping Cough (Pertussis)
 Measles
 Tuberculosis
 Pink Eye (mask not needed)
 It is recommended that people not be in the workplace when they have a fever and respiratory symptoms. You should let your employees know this recommendation and encourage them to use sick time when appropriate.

If your employee is out more than 3 consecutive days, or plans to be out that long, notify the employee that the condition might qualify for FMLA. The FMLA request and approval process includes medical certification in which the treating provider provides appropriate documentation to HR of the individual's severity of illness. Other than FMLA documentation, please do not request doctor's notes for sick time use. A doctor's note is not required for an employee to use sick time and will not change whether the absence counts as an occurrence.

Because healthcare workers must wash their hands frequently they sometimes get dry, cracked or red skin that can also be painful. Some Causes of Hand Dermatitis: