The public health nursing program is dedicated to the prevention of disease and the maintenance of good health for individuals and families in the community.
Services that are offered through public health nursing include:
-Communicable Disease Program
-Communicable disease reporting and follow-up
-Immunizations
-Foreign travel
-Sexually transmitted disease screening, reporting, treatment and follow-up .
-Sexually Transmitted Disease screenings for chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis.
-Tuberculosis screening, treatment, and follow-up
-HIV counseling, testing, and referral
-Chronic Disease Program
The following screening services are offered as cash only payment :
-Blood Pressure check- FREE
-Fasting blood sugar (included in lab panel)
-Hemoglobin A1C
-Fasting cholesterol
-Fasting comprehensive metabolic panel
-Liver panel
-Lead Screening (Can also bill Medicaid)
-MMR Titer
-Varicella Titer
-Hepatitis B Titer
-Pregnancy Test
-TB Skin Test
-Complete Blood Count (CBC)
-Prostate Antigen (PSA)
-Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH)
-Basic Metabolic Panel (BMP)
-Vitamin D
For pricing information, call either Health Department location. To prepare for your health department appointment, please read the Notice of Privacy Practice. Then print and complete the Consent and Acknowledgement of Privacy Practices. Both are located on our immunization page. For more information on one of the above services, call (618) 439-0951 or (618) 993-8111.
