We have provided the Rx (from our pharmacy) and the traveling department pays for it.
EH orders the meds.
Terri
Terri L. Thrasher RN MSN
Sr. Director HR Professional Services
Employee Health, Occupational Safety, Environmental Health, Workers Compensation, 803-SAFE, Injury Management, Non CCHMC Badging, Early Education and Childcare Center
3333 Burnet Ave
Cincinnati Ohio 45229 MLC 9006
513-636-6240
From: MCOH-EH [mailto:mcoh-eh-bounces@mylist.net]
On Behalf Of Hartley, Patrick
Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2016 3:26 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)
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