Preventive Health Screenings

Campus Wellness offers drop-in health screening services to students, faculty and staff during regular business hours at both campus locations. Services include blood pressure screenings, body fat percentage analysis, and measurements of weight, height and body mass index. Most services are FREE for students, faculty and staff and take only a few minutes to complete! Stop by one of the Campus Wellness offices at either the Strom Thurmond Wellness & Fitness Center or Blatt PE Center today for a quick check up.

Blood Pressure Screening

  • Regular, periodic blood pressure and heart rate screening is recommended as a simple, effective way to recognize early signs of risk, and prevent many chronic diseases and conditions

  • Takes just a few minutes

  • Come in before you work out

  • Learn your results and receive information about making or sustaining positive health behaviors that can help keep you healthy

  • To help you monitor your blood pressure over time, Campus Wellness staff will keep a record of your screenings

Body Fat Percentage Analysis

  • Healthy body composition and body weight are important components to feeling healthy and well. Periodic measurement of body fat percentage is recommended as an effective way to recognize early signs of risk, and prevent many chronic diseases and conditions

  • Takes just a few minutes

  • Come in before you work out

  • Non-invasive measurement that uses a hand-held bio-electrical impedence analyzer (BIA) to estimate body fat percentage

  • Learn your results and receive information about making or sustaining positive health behaviors that can help keep you healthy

  • To help you monitor your weight and body fat analysis over time, Campus Wellness staff will keep a record of your screenings

Additional Preventive Health Screenings for Faculty/Staff

Under the Employee Insurance Program, USC faculty and staff who are enrolled in the State Health Plan, Standard Plan or Savings Plan, Companion HMO, CIGNA HMO, or MUSC are eligible to receive a worksite screening once a year (the spouses of USC faculty and staff are also eligible for this reduced screening). The worksite screening is $15.00 for the standard lab screening. Additional costs apply to specific tests (see below):

Additional Tests

 Cost
Liver Profile /Hepatic Function $28
TSH $27
Hemoglobin A1C $28
PSA $43
Vitamin D $43

The worksite screening includes the following:

  • Lipid profile: Total cholesterol, low density lipoproteins (LDL), high density lipoproteins (HDL) and triglycerides

  • Chemistry profile: Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) and creatinine, glucose, and electrolytes

  • Hemogram: Red and white blood cell, hemoglobin, and hematocrit

  • Blood pressure screening (at Campus Wellness office)

  • Height and Weight measurements (at Campus Wellness office)

  • % Body Fat measurement (at Campus Wellness office)

Once the lab results are in (turn around time is approximately two weeks), Campus Wellness staff will contact you and schedule a consultation appointment to provide education on your results. If needed, we will connect you to campus programs and services to assist with lifestyle changes. During this consultation, blood pressure, height and weight, and body fat percentage will be assessed.

Stop by Campus Wellness for more information or to have your preventive health screenings done today!
Blatt P.E. Center: 803-777-6518

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