Occupational Health prescribes and the department pays for it. It’s part of our pre-travel survey in which we have the supervisor verify the travel is work-related, identify whether there is access to PEP locally, and acknowledge department responsibility for the cost of PEP if not available locally. Instructions and forms are on our website for traveler to download and have supervisor sign before the pretravel visit.

 

Melanie Swift, MD

Director, Vanderbilt Occupational Health Clinic

http://occupationalhealth.vanderbilt.edu

 

From: MCOH-EH [mailto:mcoh-eh-bounces@mylist.net] On Behalf Of Hartley, Patrick
Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2016 2:26 PM
To: mcoh-eh@mylist.net
Subject: [MCOH-EH] HIV PEP meds for traveling healthcare workers

 

Colleagues:

In your respective institutions, if you have staff physicians or residents/fellows (or other healthcare workers) traveling overseas to provide medical care as part of their work duties, do you provide a supply of HIV post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) meds, to be taken in the event of a blood borne pathogen exposure, when timely testing of the source patient or availability of PEP may be limited or unavailable. 

If so, who prescribes the PEP meds (e.g. employee health clinic vs. travel medicine clinic) and who pays for it (e.g. employee health vs. sponsoring clinical department vs. personal health insurance vs. other)?

Thanks

Pat Hartley

 

Patrick G. Hartley, M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O., M.P.H.

Professor (Clinical) of Internal Medicine

Division of Pulmonary Diseases, Critical Care and Occupational Medicine

Medical Director: University Employee Health Clinic & Occupational Medicine Clinic

Carver College of Medicine

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA 52242-1009

319-353-7072 (Office)

319-356-3631 (UEHC)

319-353-6406 (Fax)

patrick-hartley@uiowa.edu

 

 

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