[MCOH-EH] Holding Blood for HIV testing for 90 days

[Kathy.Dayvault at dekalbmedical.org]

We do not have the capacity in our lab to hold samples and I have had this 
conversation with an OSHA representative earlier this year.

We strongly encourage employees at the time to go and have their blood 
drawn, around 90 % of them do.

Technology has advanced, and if they came back requesting labs, we would 
draw them and perform viral loads on anything positive.

It might not be the best solution especially if the viral load comes into 
question,  we may end up owning it from a WC perspective, after lots of 
conversation with an ID.

Thanks,

Kathy Dayvault, RN, BSN, MPH
 Manager, Occupational Health and Safety 
 WorksWell Onsite
 Dekalb Medical  2701 North Decatur Road
 Decatur, GA 30033
ph: 404.501.4972 Fax:404-501-2045
kathy.dayvault at dekalbmedical.org
 



From:   "Thrasher, Terri" <Terri.Thrasher at cchmc.org>
To:     MCOH/EH <mcoh-eh at mylist.net>, 
Date:   09/11/2017 10:18 AM
Subject:        Re: [MCOH-EH] Holding Blood for HIV testing for 90 days
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I interpreted it the same way.
 
From: MCOH-EH [mailto:mcoh-eh-bounces at mylist.net] On Behalf Of Amy Olson
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2017 8:13 AM
To: 'MCOH/EH' <mcoh-eh at mylist.net>
Subject: Re: [MCOH-EH] Holding Blood for HIV testing for 90 days
 
Thanks for your response. I understand what you have described. The OSHA 
Standard states the following:
1910.1030(f)(3)(iii)(B)
If the employee consents to baseline blood collection, but does not give 
consent at that time for HIV serologic testing, the sample shall be 
preserved for at least 90 days. If, within 90 days of the exposure 
incident, the employee elects to have the baseline sample tested, such 
testing shall be done as soon as feasible.
 
Given that certain source testing results would lead to wanting to 
document baseline HIV status of the employee, it would seem that this 
particular section of the standard cannot be upheld if an employee 
actually had a blood draw and opted to NOT consent to HIV testing. Again, 
I have never encountered this, but it is a possibility and I am curious as 
to how people are addressing this. Am I missing something? 
From: MCOH-EH [mailto:mcoh-eh-bounces at mylist.net] On Behalf Of Nancy 
Rodway
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2017 7:15 AM
To: 'MCOH/EH' <mcoh-eh at mylist.net>
Subject: Re: [MCOH-EH] Holding Blood for HIV testing for 90 days
 
As a board certified pathologist and board certified occupational 
physician, your lab cannot exceed the 30 days without validity studies. 
And validity studies are cumbersome for the laboratorians. 
Why hold them?  With post-exposure testing, the source results guide your 
clinical decision making pretty quickly. 
 
Nancy Rodway MD MS MPH FASCP FCAP FACOEM
 
 
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From: MCOH-EH <mcoh-eh-bounces+nrodway=hotmail.com at mylist.net> on behalf 
of Amy Olson <aolson9 at jhmi.edu>
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2017 5:59 AM
To: 'MCOH/EH'
Subject: [MCOH-EH] Holding Blood for HIV testing for 90 days 
 
Happy Monday from Florida,
Our hospital is doing well in St. Petersburg. Many thanks to people who 
have reached out.
 
As I wait for the sun to rise, I’m going through some things and I have a 
question. As I understand the BBP standard, we are required to hold an 
employee’s blood for 90 days so they could decide at a future date to have 
it tested for HIV. I have yet to run into a situation where an employee 
deferred testing, but now that I have direct responsibility for the 
Exposure Control Plan, I have more interest in ensuring what is written is 
something we can deliver. Our lab is continuing to research, but when I 
posed the question about holding blood and testing within 90 days, this is 
the response I got: “It’s not that we can’t hold a sample for 90 days. 
There isn’t a commercial ref lab that has validated this particular 
testing for a sample >30 days old. That seems to be the dilemma for HIV ½ 
analysis.”
 
What are other people doing? Am I misinterpreting the standard?
 
Thank you,
Amy Olson
Director, Employee Health and Wellness
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