standard operating procedure college station fire department

STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE
COLLEGE STATION FIRE DEPARTMENT
SUBJECT: Infection Control SOP: 400.1.20
CATEGORY: Employee Responsibilities PAGE: 1 of 1
APPROVED BY:
E-Signed by David K. Giordano
VERIFY authenticity with ApproveIt
Chief, Fire Department DATE: 3/99
It is the responsibility of the employee to read the Exposure Control Program for the College Station
Fire Department.
It is the responsibility of the employee to notify the receiving hospital if he/she has been exposed to a
patient who was transported to that facility.
a. The "Report of Possible Exposure of Transporter" form is to be completed by the
employee if there has been an exposure to a patient as listed below:
(1) Exposure by examination of the throat, intubation, suctioning, or mouth-tomouth
resuscitation;
(2) Exposure by needlestick or other penetrating puncture of the skin with a
needle or other item; or
(3) Either a splatter of aerosol into the eye, nose, or mouth of any significant
contamination of an open wound or non-intact skin with blood or body fluid.
b. The employee is responsible for leaving the completed form in the Emergency
Department in the designated location.
It is the responsibility of the employee to complete a Supervisor Report of Injury form within 72 hours of the
exposure. The form will be forwarded to the Infection Control Officer.
orig: 4/94, re#’d 11/02