Does anyone participate in EpiNet for bloodborne pathogen exposure documentation and tracking? If so, I would appreciate any feedback you have about the system?
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Darlene Davisson, RN, APRN-BC
Employee Health
WVU Medicine
PO Box 8121
Morgantown, WV 26506-8120
304-598-4160 ext 1
From: MCOH-EH [mailto:mcoh-eh-bounces@mylist.net]
On Behalf Of Mark Catlin
Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2017 11:34 AM
To: MCOH/EH
Subject: Re: [MCOH-EH] exposures
Before and in addition to worker's compensation, CalOSHA requires employers to prevent exposure and to provide medical services after an exposure to airborne or droplet (aerosol) spread infectious diseases, under the 2009 Aerosol Transmissible Diseases (ATD)
standard https://www.dir.ca.gov/title8/5199.html
California passed the first occupational standard in the nation to prevent worker illness from infectious diseases that can be transmitted by inhaling air that contains viruses, bacteria or other disease organisms. The Cal/OSHA Aerosol Transmissible Diseases
standard was designed to make recommended public health practices in infection control legally enforceable. It applies to workplaces at high risk for infectious diseases such as hospitals, clinics, emergency medical services, laboratories, prisons and homeless
shelters.
Employer requirements include written aerosol transmissible disease exposure control procedures, infection control measures, employee training, medical services and recordkeeping. Where engineering and work practice controls do not provide adequate protection,
the standard requires that respiratory protection be used to protect workersperforming certain tasks from exposure to aerosol transmissible diseases.
Mark Catlin
Health and Safety Director
SEIU
1800 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 730 - 7290
(202) 436 - 0856 cell
On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 11:23 AM, Erika Sweet <esweet@dhs.lacounty.gov> wrote:
Employees who sustain an occupational exposure are coved by workers comp.
Erika Sweet, RN, MSN, NP, CHON-S
Director of Employee Health Services
Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
Office
(310) 222.2360
FAX
(310) 222.5326
From: MCOH-EH [mailto:mcoh-eh-bounces@mylist.net]
On Behalf Of Hudson, T. Warner
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2017 7:36 AM
To: MCOH/EH <mcoh-eh@mylist.net>
Subject: Re: [MCOH-EH] exposures
WC at UCLA covers healthcare personnel work-related post exposure (for work exposure) vaccines, testing and meds as would illness from same.
T. Warner Hudson, MD FACOEM, FAAFP
Medical Director, Occupational and Employee Health
UCLA
Health System and Campus
Office
310.825.9146
Fax
310.206.4585
Pager
800.233.7231 ID 27132
E-mail
twhudson@mednet.ucla.edu
Website
www.ohs.uclahealth.org
From: MCOH-EH [mailto:mcoh-eh-bounces@mylist.net]
On Behalf Of Kumar, Bindu, MD
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2017 7:07 AM
To: mcoh-eh@mylist.net
Subject: Re: [MCOH-EH] exposures
List,
Can I ask how your health systems handle employee exposures to influenza, pertussis etc.? Are the post-exposure prophylaxis medications covered under workers’ comp or by the employees’
personal insurance? What about when an employee becomes symptomatic as a result of such exposure? Thank you in advance for your input.
Bindu Kumar MD
Associate Medical Director
Occupational and Travel Health
Main Line Health
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