Exams and Testing

Occupational Medicine in Albert Lea offers a variety of exams and tests to ensure your employees can perform the job safely, which helps avoid injury.

Department of Transportation (DOT) exams:

• Since 2014, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) requires certification for those who perform physical examinations for interstate commercial motor vehicle drivers.
• Providers who perform DOT exams have completed an approved course, passed a knowledge exam and are listed in the FMCSA's national registry of certified medical examiners.

Drug and alcohol testing:

• Breath alcohol testing
• DOT and non-DOT urine drug screen specimen collection
• Post-accident and reasonable suspicion testing

Post-offer exams:

• Drug and alcohol testing (see details above)
• Functional capacity evaluations
• Immunization/vaccination services
• Physical examinations
• Spirometry

Regulatory and surveillance exams:

• Annual public safety exams for law enforcement and firefighters
• Asbestos screening
• Audiometric screenings by certified Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation staff for hearing conservation programs
• Bloodborne pathogen exposure management
• DOT examinations (see details above)
• Hearing conservation
• Medical surveillance for exposures to hazardous materials
• Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) exams
• Questionnaire professional review
• Respirator examinations
• Respirator fit testing

Call us to discuss examinations and testing.