National Supplemental Screening Program

John McInerney, MD, ORAU

NSSP Co-Principal Investigator

February 19, 2014

Rocky Flats Plant

• Rocky Flats Radiation & Beryllium Surveillance

o Radiation Recall Program (1980) managed by Rocky Flats Medical until 1998, and then by ORAU until 2004

o National Jewish screened current workers for beryllium sensitization through 1990, followed in 1991 by the Rocky Flats Beryllium Medical Surveillance Program and the ORAU Nationwide Beryllium Program that screened current and former workers through 2004

o DOE Former Worker Programs, e.g., the Building Trades Medical Screening Program and the National Supplemental Screening Program

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• Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) manages the NSSP, and with its partners NJH, UCD, CHS, and Axion Health provides service on a nation-wide basis

• Medical exams performed in every state• More than 1,300 medical centers used• More than 12,500 initial medical exams• NSSP maintains a >99% participant satisfaction

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National Supplemental Screening Program (NSSP)

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National Supplemental Screening Program (NSSP)

The NSSP serves former workers from:

Argonne Kansas City Plant

Fermi Princeton Plasma Physics Lab

Rocky Flats Hanford

Pinellas Savannah River

…and any former worker who cannot be served by one of the other Former Worker Programs

National Supplemental Screening Program (NSSP)

• NSSP Rocky Flats Outreacho Surveillance Program Rosterso Rocky Flats Closure Rostero Word of Mouth

• NSSP medical screenings began in 2005

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Rocky FlatsNSSP Findings, 2005-present

• 2,049 Initial Medical Screening Exams

12.3%* - suspect asbestosis or related disease

16.3%* - restrictive lung disease

19.2%* - obstructive lung disease

1.5%** - 1 abnormal BeLPT

0.7%** - 2 abnormal BeLPTs

40.7% - noise-induced hearing loss

* potentially compensable by the EEOICPA** compensable by the EEOICPA

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• Contact & Enrollment Information:

1-866-812-6703 (toll-free)

www.orau.org/nssp

National Supplemental Screening Program (NSSP)

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