WAC 296-823-160   Post-exposure requirements.  Summary.

     Your responsibility:

     To make sure employees who have been exposed to blood or other potentially infectious materials (OPIM) have appropriate post-exposure evaluation and follow-up available.

     You must:

     Make a confidential medical evaluation and follow-up available to employees who experience an exposure incident

     WAC 296-823-16005

     Test the blood of the source person

     WAC 296-823-16010

     Provide the results of the source person's blood test to the exposed employee

     WAC 296-823-16015

     Collect and test the blood of the exposed employee

     WAC 296-823-16020

     Provide information to the health care professional evaluating the employee

     WAC 296-823-16025

     Obtain and provide a copy of the health care professional's written opinion on post-exposure evaluation to the employee

     WAC 296-823-16030.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, and 49.17.060. 04-12-070, § 296-823-160, filed 6/1/04, effective 9/1/04; 03-09-110, § 296-823-160, filed 4/22/03, effective 8/1/03.]