2016-697 Emergency Svc - First Choice Medical Transport - Application for Service Franchise

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FCMT SOP & EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK Needlestick Policy and Procedure The needlestick procedure is to provide a comprehensive infection control procedure, which maximizes protection against communicable diseases for all FCMT employees, and for the public, they serve. This policy and procedure applies to all FCMT employees, part-time and full time;field and office staff.The goal is to provide all employees with the best available protection, from occupationally acquired communicable disease. It is the policy of this organization: • To provide medical transport services to the public without regard to known or suspected diagnoses of communicable disease to any patient. • To regard all patient contacts as potentially infectious. Universal Precautions will be observed at all times and will be expanded to include all body fluids and other potentially infectious materials(body substance isolation). • To provide all members with the necessary training, immunizations, and personal protective equipment (PPE) needed for protection from communicable diseases. • To recognize the need for work restriction based on infection control concerns. • To regard all medical information as strictly confidential. No employee health information will be released without the signed written consent of the employee. Contaminated needle stick/blood borne pathogen exposure • The employee will wash the exposed area immediately with soap and water. If an eye/mucous membrane exposure,flush with copious amounts of water. • The FCMT employee will notify the on duty supervisor immediately. • The FCMT supervisor will meet with the exposed employee to gather information and determine validity. If it is warranted,the supervisor will consult the medical facility to which the patient was transported. • FCMT Employee Accident Form &Worker's Compensation form will be completed. • Supervisor& Medical Facility will obtain consent to test blood from a Source Patient.The Medical Facility must gather information and report findings to your designated supervisor within 48 hours and the FCMT employee will be advised immediately. • With consent and without injury, supervisor will arrange for evaluation and followed up by an emergency room (ED)doctor or other appropriate health care professional. • If Employee is injured he/she will be treated directly in the ED. • Source HIV results will be available to the FCMT Medical Director or designated staff within three hours after being received by the Blood Bank and/or treating Medical Facility. FCMT Medical Director will notify the exposed employee immediately of these results. • The FCMT Medical Director or designated staff will follow up with N.C. Department of Health and Human Services and Center for Decease Control (CDC) of HIV, Hepatitis B and C results within three to five days.The FCMT Medical Director or designated staff will contact the employee after receiving all test results. Page 9 of 15