3. Reporting Exposures to Bloodborne Pathogens

At most Emory Hospitals, if you sustain a blood/body fluid exposure DURING Occupational Health Services (previously called Occupational Injury Management) business hours (usually between 7:30 AM and 4 PM, Monday through Friday), please report immediately for evaluation OR call the on-call Occupational Health Services provider (listed as Occupational Injury Management in EHConnect Paging) at 404-686-5500 PIC# 50464 for further guidance. If an exposure occurs AFTER business hours, please page the on-call hospital Administrative Nursing Supervisor, who can perform the initial evaluation of the exposure and order laboratory testing on the source patient, if needed; if further evaluation or consideration of prophylactic therapy is necessary, you will be referred to the Emergency Department in c onsultation with the on call Occupational Health Services provider. For exposures to potentially HIV infected materials, antiretroviral therapy may be recommended depending on the nature of the exposure, and the Hospital Epidemiologist will be contacted to guide treatment decisions if additional guidance is needed.

For Grady Memorial Hospital exposures, please call the Grady STIX hotline (404-616-STIX) for guidance OR during business hours report to Employee Health on 15A.

For the VA Medical Center, please call the WHSC Needlestick Hotline (404-727-4736)

For Children's Healthcare of Atlanta exposures, please call the CHOA Blood Borne Pathogen/Needlestick Hotline (404-785-7777)

As a backup the WHSC Needlestick Hotline (404-727-4736) may be called 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and you will be directed to the appropriate location as needed.

If you are evaluated by the Emergency Dept. please report to Occupational Health Services the following business day. Additional information, including Occupational Health Services locations, hours of operations and an algorithm for managing exposures is available on the Emory Healthcare intranet under Occupational Health Services. Open the EHC Intranet, click on "Employee Resources" in the blue ribbon at the top of the page, then select "Occupational Health Services" on the left hand side.