Responsible Use Guidelines - SIU School of Medicine

BLOODBORNE PATHOGEN/NEEDLESTICK GUIDELINES
If the exposure occurs during normal business hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, residents/fellows
are to immediately notify SIU School of Medicine Employee Health Nurse, Jenny Copple R.N., 217-545-8970 or
pager number 217-492-2446 with the source patient's name and date of birth so that they can get the source patient's
blood drawn. Then immediately notify MMC or SJH Employee Health (whichever hospital employees them) to get
their blood drawn during normal business hours. The Resident will need to fill out forms for SIU Employee Health as
well as for their employer.
If the exposure occurs while working in a SIU clinic outside of normal business hours they are to call 217-545-8000
and ask the operator to page the Infectious Disease doctor on call. They need to give a phone number they can be
reached at for the ID doctor to call them back. They will need to give the ID doctor the name and birth date of the
source patient so they can order their labs. Make sure the ID doctor on call has the resident's phone number so they
can be reached with the Rapid HIV results of the source patient. The resident is then to call the hospital that
employees them and ask for the house nurse supervisor to get their blood drawn outside of their hospital's Employee
Health normal business hours.
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