Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
Revised -XO\ <br />Goal: <br />•Orange County Emergency Services is committed to providing a safe and <br />healthy work environment for our entire staff. In pursuit of this endeavor, the <br />following policies and procedures have been adopted. <br />Objective: <br />•To provide a comprehensive exposure control program that maximizes protection <br />against communicable diseases for all personnel, and for the public, which they <br />serve. <br />•To provide emergency medical services to the public without regard to known or <br />suspected communicable infection in any patient. <br />•To regard all patient contacts as potentially infectious. Responders will <br />observe universal precautions at all times. <br />•To provide all personnel with the training, immunizations and personal protective <br />equipment (PPE) necessary for protection from communicable diseases. <br />•To recognize the need for responder work restrictions based on infection control <br />concerns. <br />•To prohibit discrimination against personnel for health reasons including infection <br />and/or seroconversion with HIV, HBV or HCV. <br />•To regard all medical information as strictly confidential. No personal health <br />information will be released without the signed written consent of the personnel <br />involved. <br />• <br />Scope: <br />•This policy applies to all personnel, career and volunteer that provide emergency <br />medical services within Orange County. <br />•This department recognizes that communicable disease exposure is an <br />occupational health hazard. Communicable disease transmission is possible <br />during any aspect of emergency response, including workplace operations. The <br />health and welfare of each personnel is a joint concern of the personnel and of <br />management. While each person is ultimately responsible for their own health, <br />the department recognizes a responsibility to provide as safe of a workplace as <br />possible. The goal of this program is to provide all personnel with the best <br />available protection from identified occupationally acquirable communicable <br />disease. <br />Orange County Emergency Services <br />Exposure Control Program <br />Policy Statement <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 79C5D167-B6CA-4E59-B4AC-AA38CC1B20BD