Post-Exposure
Post-exposure
If exposure incident occurs:
- Understand that medical evaluation and follow up will be available at no cost
- Evaluation and follow up will be performed by or under the supervision of licensed health care professional
- Laboratory tests will be conducted by an accredited laboratory at no cost
Medical evaluation and follow up involves:
- Documenting exposure route and circumstances
- Identifying and documenting the source individual
- Testing the source individual’s blood
- Making the results of testing available to the exposed employee
- Collecting exposed employee’s blood
- Providing post-exposure measures
- Providing counseling
- Evaluating reported illnesses
Health care professionals will be provided:
Copy of OSHA regulation 1910.1030
Description of exposed employee’s duties in relation to exposure incident
Documentation of exposure route and circumstances
Results of source individual’s blood testing
All relevant medical records appropriate for treatment
Exposed employee will receive a copy of evaluating health care professional’s written opinion within 15 days of completion or evaluation.