Cincinnati Health Department
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Cincinnati Health Department (CHD) is the Health Department for the City of Cincinnati with health centers, lab services, communicable disease experts, environmental services and other public health programs. The Department has more than 300 physicians, nurses, dentists and dental workers, laboratory technicians, pharmacists, dietitians, lead experts, sanitarians, litter control experts, pest control operators and licensed risk assessors.
Health department encounters[]
In 2009, CHD saw more than 35,000 patients. With inspections throughout the city, including food service, swimming pool, nuisance complaints, waste facility, CHD reached almost every Cincinnatian in some way.
Clinical services[]
- 153,548 medical visits
- 2,926 dental sealants
- 62,740 pharmacy visits
- 43,560 lab specimens provided
Nursing services[]
- 31,949 health encounters
- 7,667 in-home visits to children and adults in need of care
Environmental services[]
- 5,085 food service inspections
- 492 swimming pools inspected
- 3,360 nuisance complaints investigated
- 1,055 waste facility inspections
Preparedness[]
- More than 45,000 H1N1 flu immunizations at schools, health centers and community sessions in Cincinnati.[1]
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2010-07-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links[]
Categories:
- Government of Cincinnati
- Health departments in the United States
- Medical and health organizations based in Ohio