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Healthy Adult Monitoring Guidelines

These are guidelines, not rules. They may vary with individuals and should be discussed with your doctor. These tests and procedures may or may not be covered by insurance.

Test or Procedure	Age	Frequency
Clinical exam and health history (including but not limited to physcial exam and review or history and lifestyle)	10-40 40-50 >50	Periodically. Every 2 years. Every year.
Oral Exam/MD/DDS	18 & over High risk groups (tobacco, alcohol)	Every 1-2 years. May be done by a dentist.
Bood Pressure	18 & over	Every 3 years, if BP <140/85.
Cholesteral	18 & over	Every 5 years if < 200. Every 1-2 years if > 200.
Blood Sugar	18 & over	Consider yearly for persons at high risk (obese and over age 40, postive family history, history of diabetes with pregnancy).
Breast and pelvic exam	18-40 40 & over	Every 1-3 years. Every year.
Pap	18 & over	Every 1-3 years after 3 consecutive yearly normals.
Mammography	40-50 50-65 65 & over	Every 1-2 years. Every year. Every 1-2 years.
Breast self-exam	18 & over	Same time each month.
Immunizations
Tetanus/Diptheria Influenza Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Varicella Meningitis MMR Pneumovax	18 & over 18 & over 18 & over 18 & over 18 & over 18 - 24 18 & over 18 & over	Every 10 years. One dose annually (usually Sept. - Dec.) Two doses required. (Recommended for people who travel outside the US and for people at high risk.) Three doses required. (Recommended for adolescents and high-risk adults.) Two doses required. Recommended for people who have not had chicken pox. One dose. Recommended for college freshmen and students who live in residence halls. Two doses required. (Recommended for general public and for people born after 1965.) People age 2-65 who are at high risk, and all people 65 and over.
References American Cancer Society Guildelines for Cancer-Related Check-up : an update. Altanta: American Cancer Society, 1993. Guide to Clinical Preventive Services. Editors Dr. Gruseppe, C., Atkins, D., Woolf, S. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. Advisory Committee on Immunication Practices (ACIP), 2002-2003.

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Mailing Address
Cleveland State University
Health & Wellness Services
Union Building
1836 Euclid Avenue
Room 263
Cleveland, OH 44115-2214

Campus Location
Union Building(Across Law School)
1836 Euclid Avenue
Room 263
Phone: 216.687.3649
healthandwellness@csuohio.edu

Hours of Operation
Mon & Tue: 8.00am - 5.30pm
Wed - Fri: 8.00am - 5.00pm

Web Contact
Srujana Parelly
s.parelly@csuohio.edu
216.687.3649

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