HAMPTON, Va. — A Hampton hospital is taking a step to help employees, in honor of September being Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.

For the first time, Sentara is offering employees at Sentara CarePlex Hospital in Hampton a prostate cancer screening while they're at work.

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It’s done by a blood draw. Employees should get their results back within seven business days. Sentara is calling this a pilot program that can hopefully be offered at other Sentara hospitals.

Sentara CarePlex Hospital Operations Manager Ebony Baines said Sentara's corporate health impact and engagement team came up with the idea and it has generated a lot of interest.

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