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According to the Occupational Health and Safety Act of 1993, it is the responsibility of the employer to create and maintain, as far as is reasonable, a work environment that is safe and without risk to the workforce.

Together, the employer and employee must work as a team to make the workplace a healthy and safe environment.

Global Laboratories recognizes the need for and value of an Employee Wellbeing Program. Global Labs Wellness services can support companies address a range of employee health issues.

Pathology tests and services currently available include:

Drugs of abuse testing

Can be done using a rapid system (qualitative) or Tandem Mass Spectrometry for accurate quantitative analysis. Turnaround time will be linked to the specific method used ranging from one hour to seven days.

Alcohol abuse testing

Alcohol levels as well as the CDT (carbohydrate deficient transferrin) and gamma GT tests offered by Global Labs assists with the diagnosis of chronic alcohol use and alcoholism.

HIV testing and counseling

Global Labs provides a comprehensive HIV testing program including monitoring of HIV treatment, therapeutic drug monitoring and genotyping (resistance testing).

Along with testing, we also offer pre and post-test counseling for:

• Self-referral patients
• Those whom have tested HIV positive without receiving counseling
• Adherence to treatment

TB testing

Global Labs GeneXpert (Cepheid®, Xpert®MTB/RIF) rapid test, recently endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO), provides patients throughout South Africa and Africa with an accurate and early diagnosis of TB within twenty four hours, compared to other testing methods that can take up to three months.

A TB questionnaire is available on request for establishing the need for testing.

Corporate wellness days

Employee wellness management is part of the four pillars of strength in the workplace and goes hand in hand with HIV and TB monitoring, biological monitoring and a comprehensive Health and Safety programme. Employee wellness initiatives, including corporate wellness days, can help to improve workplace morale and performance, and help to reduce absenteeism.

To ensure employees get the most out of their corporate wellness days, we can provide the following pathology tests and health screening services to meet your company’s needs:

1. Onsite corporate wellness day testing

Global’s wellness day program includes the following onsite tests and health-screening services. These services are offered to companies as follows:

• Registered companies:

In recognition of the company’s support and loyalty, one day free service on an annual basis for one branch/site. The results of these tests are available to employees on the day of testing:

• Finger prick fasting or random glucose
• Finger prick cholesterol
• Blood pressure
• BMI and waist circumference

Finger prick HIV testing can be arranged on request.

• A maximum of 100 HIV tests will be done at no charge.
• All positive HIV results will be followed up with an HIV ELISA test, for the employee’s account.   

 A minimum of 50 employees for wellness testing is required.

Additional requests for testing will be charged at R30.00 per person.

This price will be reviewed annually.

• A travel nurse fee may be applicable.

• Non-registered companies:

Global Labs will provide a once off free service to the company for 100 employees for one day for one branch/site.

The company must be within the Global Labs operational areas.

The results of these tests are available to employees on the day of testing: 

• Finger prick cholesterol
• Finger prick fasting or random glucose
• Blood pressure

 A minimum of 50 employees for wellness testing is required.

Testing required for more than 100 employees will be charged at R30.00 per person.    

This price will be reviewed annually.

• A travel nurse fee may be applicable.

Laboratory corporate wellness day testing

Global Labs provides the following laboratory-based pathology tests and health-screening services. These tests are required to be processed in a laboratory, with results available to employees several days to a week following testing. Onsite phlebotomy for these tests and other services are available to companies on request.

A travel nurse fee may be applicable

• TSH
• PSA (men over 40)
• Pap smear examinations
• HIV ELISA
• Health education and training conducted by one of our specialist pathologists - available free of charge on request

Getting to the heart of the matter – (Cardiovascular Disease)

One must consider all risk factors for cardiovascular disease when evaluating an individual`s cholesterol status. The more risk factors a person has, in combination with undesirable lipid levels, the greater the risk of developing cardiovascular disease.

Pathology tests and wellness services provided by Global assess for some of these risk factors including high blood pressure, increased body mass index (BMI), diabetes and high total cholesterol. If an employee’s total cholesterol is high, Global Labs will recommend additional lipid testing to assess for high LDL cholesterol and low HDL cholesterol (Lipogram).

Global can also provide a healthy eating plan to help employees reduce cholesterol and manage diabetes.

Training

Phlebotomy, Pap smear and ASISA workshops are offered as a free service to nursing personnel within organizations registered as clients with Global.

Global Labs also offers workshops for HIV case managers and medical professionals.