Infectious Disease Clinic
Referral Guidelines
Latent Tuberculosis referrals require that an HIV screen and Chest X-ray (PA/Lat) have been ordered with the referral.
New HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) evaluations require a baseline HIV screen, Syphilis, Gonorrhea/Chlamydia, Hepatitis B/C Virus Panel, and baseline renal function with thereferral.
HIV positive patients transferring care from another facility may be booked into the Infectious Disease Clinic as available. Please ensure prior medical records are faxed to the Infectious Disease Clinic at least 24 hours prior to patient appointment if records are not accessible via MHS Genesis. If individual has been seen at another Military Treatment Facility or within the VA, notes should be accessible.
Viral Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C referrals require baseline complete metabolic panel, hepatitis A/B/C viral panel, and viral load of respective virus referred for treatment. Hepatitis C referrals without a Hepatitis C viral load will be rejected due to potential clearance of the virus.
Travel Clinic
Infectious Disease accepts all personal travel (non-deployment or TDY-related) appointment requests via the MHS GENESIS Patient Portal.
No referral is required for personal travel. All beneficiaries may book with the Infectious Disease front desk to schedule an appointment. Appointment should be within 14 to 90 days of travel and itineraries should be known and finalized to appropriately guide risk evaluation. Travel booked less than 14 days may not have vaccinations optimized and may lead to travel issues if vaccines need lead time prior to being in country.
Appointments
If we do not have available appointments, you may contact Public Health to schedule a pre-travel appointment.
Please note: you will additionally need to be seen by your Primary Care Manager to ensure the medications and/or vaccinations recommended by Public Health are safe for you to receive.
Deployments and official overseas travel continue to be managed by Deployment Medicine, not the Infectious Disease Clinic.
Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Screening
The Infectious Disease Clinic is no longer accepting walk-ins for STI screening. Beneficiaries may obtain STI screening from PCMs.