If you experienced a needlestick or sharps injury or
were exposed to the blood or other body fluid of a patient during
the course of your work, immediately follow these steps:
- Wash needlesticks and cuts with soap and water.
- Flush splashes to the nose, mouth, or skin with water.
- Irrigate eyes with clean water, saline, or sterile irrigants.
- Report the incident to your supervisor.
- Immediately seek medical treatment.
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| Medical
Providers Please
Note |
Recommendations for the management of occupational exposures
to blood:
MMWR Recommendations and Reports, Volume 54, Number RR-9, Updated U.S. Public Health Service Guidelines for the Management of Occupational Exposures to HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr5409.pdf
MMWR Recommendations
and Reports, Volume 50, Number RR-11, Updated U.S. Public Health Service
Guidelines for the Management of Occupational Exposures to HBV, HCV,
and HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis
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(PDF format, 329 KB)
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr5011.pdf
If you have questions about appropriate medical treatment for
occupational exposures, 24 hour assistance is available from the Clinicians'
Post Exposure Prophylaxis Hotline (PEPline) at
1-888-448-4911.
http://www.ucsf.edu/hivcntr |
