EMS Policy Manual - Contra Costa Health Services
EMS Policy Manual - Contra Costa Health Services EMS Policy Manual - Contra Costa Health Services
Contra Costa Emergency Medical Services POLICY #: 22 PAGE: 2 of 4 A. Contact with patient's blood, bodily tissue, or other body fluids containing visible blood on nonintact skin (e.g. open wound; exposed skin that is chapped, abraded, affected with a rash) and/or mucous membranes (e.g., eye, mouth). B. Contaminated (used) needle stick injury. C. Unprotected mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. D. Face-to-face contact in areas with restricted ventilation with patients who have airborne communicable diseases (e.g. H1N1, Avian flu, tuberculosis or meningitis). E. If extent of exposure is in question contact Contra Costa Health Service’s Public Health Department for additional guidance. V. CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL RECOMMENDATIONS CDC recommendations should be used for HIV prophylaxis following significant exposures. Provider agencies, designated officers, occupational injury treatment centers, and emergency department staffs are expected to coordinate efforts to ensure prompt treatment for affected prehospital personnel. VI. RESPONSIBILITIES IN A CASE OF SUSPECTED EXPOSURE A. Individual that may have been exposed shall: 1. Contact his or her employer’s Infection Control Officer/Designated Officer as soon as possible to determine the extent of the exposure and if follow-up recommendations including prophylaxis are required. 2. Refer to employer’s internal notification requirements and internal policy for direction and advice on reporting, evaluation and treatment. 3. Complete a Contra Costa Health Services “Notification of Possible Communicable Disease Exposure” Form (EMS6), which is available at www.cccems.org . a. Submit form to appropriate parties according to instructions on the form. b. This form will provide the hospital and Public Health with source patient information as well as contact information for the possibly exposed individual. c. If the possibly exposed individual does not respond to the hospital that received the patient, the individual should follow his/her provider agency procedures for form distribution. B. Employer of the individual who may have been exposed should: 1. Assess the potential exposure to determine if the exposure meets the definition as defined above. 2. Assure the individual with a suspected exposure is instructed to report immediately to emergency department, or other health treatment facilities for risk assessment and determination of need for prophylactic treatment. 3. Assure that exposed individual has completed and submitted EMS-6 according to the instructions on the form available at www.cccems.org: a. In situations where the exposed individual does not report to the hospital that received the source patient, the form should be faxed to that receiving Hospital’s Emergency Department Charge Nurse. b. The exposed individual or his/her provider agency is responsible for confirming that the faxed form was received. NOTE: On significant exposures, the Public Health Division’s Communicable Disease Program should be notified by phone, in addition to completing and submitting the EMS-6 form. Use contact information, phone and fax numbers provided on the EMS-6 form.
Contra Costa Emergency Medical Services POLICY #: 22 PAGE: 3 of 4 VII. RECEIVING HOSPITAL RESPONSIBILITIES – SOURCE PATIENT A. Evaluate source patient for any history, signs or symptoms of a communicable disease. B. Obtain consent to, and collect appropriate specimens (e.g. blood, sputum) from the source patient necessary to determine potential risk to the exposed person. C. Expedite the testing process (select the tests with rapid turn around in mind), to the extent possible, in consideration of the exposed individual’s concerns and the need for continued prophylactic care. D. Complete an EMS-6 form and promptly report any reportable communicable diseases found in the source patient to the Public Health Division's Communicable Disease Program in accordance with the EMS-6 form instructions, as well as on the CMR form as required by law. VIII. RECEIVING HOSPITAL RESPONSIBILITIES – EXPOSED INDIVIDUAL A. Receiving hospitals must assist prehospital personnel who have had significant exposures. B. Receiving hospital emergency department staff shall: 1. Actively assist exposed prehospital personnel in evaluating risk and recommending and/or providing appropriate prophylactic care when indicated. 2. Obtain blood and necessary tests from the exposed prehospital person necessary to determine base-line status. C. Emergency departments are expected to follow CDC guidelines when managing prehospital exposure to potentially infectious substances. Go to http://www.cdc.gov/ for the latest information. IX. HEALTH SERVICES PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION RESPONSIBILITIES Upon notification, the Health Services Public Health Division will: A. Verify the exposure is significant and contact the receiving hospital(s) and the prehospital employer’s designated officer for infection control. B. Notify the exposed person of any recommended disease prevention/prophylaxis needed and provide a written opinion and evaluation of the exposure, as well as identify any medical condition(s) resulting from the exposure that may require further evaluation or treatment. C. If exposed individuals have immediate concerns about possible exposures, or if the exposures are significant, they should contact the Public Health Division’s Communicable Disease Program using the contact phone numbers on the EMS-6 form.
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<strong>Contra</strong> <strong>Costa</strong><br />
Emergency Medical <strong>Services</strong><br />
POLICY #: 22<br />
PAGE: 2 of 4<br />
A. Contact with patient's blood, bodily tissue, or other body fluids containing visible blood on nonintact<br />
skin (e.g. open wound; exposed skin that is chapped, abraded, affected with a rash)<br />
and/or mucous membranes (e.g., eye, mouth).<br />
B. Contaminated (used) needle stick injury.<br />
C. Unprotected mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.<br />
D. Face-to-face contact in areas with restricted ventilation with patients who have airborne<br />
communicable diseases (e.g. H1N1, Avian flu, tuberculosis or meningitis).<br />
E. If extent of exposure is in question contact <strong>Contra</strong> <strong>Costa</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Service’s Public <strong>Health</strong><br />
Department for additional guidance.<br />
V. CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL RECOMMENDATIONS<br />
CDC recommendations should be used for HIV prophylaxis following significant exposures. Provider<br />
agencies, designated officers, occupational injury treatment centers, and emergency department staffs are<br />
expected to coordinate efforts to ensure prompt treatment for affected prehospital personnel.<br />
VI. RESPONSIBILITIES IN A CASE OF SUSPECTED EXPOSURE<br />
A. Individual that may have been exposed shall:<br />
1. Contact his or her employer’s Infection Control Officer/Designated Officer as soon as<br />
possible to determine the extent of the exposure and if follow-up recommendations including<br />
prophylaxis are required.<br />
2. Refer to employer’s internal notification requirements and internal policy for direction and<br />
advice on reporting, evaluation and treatment.<br />
3. Complete a <strong>Contra</strong> <strong>Costa</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Services</strong> “Notification of Possible Communicable Disease<br />
Exposure” Form (<strong>EMS</strong>6), which is available at www.cccems.org .<br />
a. Submit form to appropriate parties according to instructions on the form.<br />
b. This form will provide the hospital and Public <strong>Health</strong> with source patient information as<br />
well as contact information for the possibly exposed individual.<br />
c. If the possibly exposed individual does not respond to the hospital that received the<br />
patient, the individual should follow his/her provider agency procedures for form<br />
distribution.<br />
B. Employer of the individual who may have been exposed should:<br />
1. Assess the potential exposure to determine if the exposure meets the definition as defined<br />
above.<br />
2. Assure the individual with a suspected exposure is instructed to report immediately to<br />
emergency department, or other health treatment facilities for risk assessment and<br />
determination of need for prophylactic treatment.<br />
3. Assure that exposed individual has completed and submitted <strong>EMS</strong>-6 according to the<br />
instructions on the form available at www.cccems.org:<br />
a. In situations where the exposed individual does not report to the hospital that received<br />
the source patient, the form should be faxed to that receiving Hospital’s Emergency<br />
Department Charge Nurse.<br />
b. The exposed individual or his/her provider agency is responsible for confirming that<br />
the faxed form was received.<br />
NOTE: On significant exposures, the Public <strong>Health</strong> Division’s Communicable Disease Program should<br />
be notified by phone, in addition to completing and submitting the <strong>EMS</strong>-6 form. Use contact<br />
information, phone and fax numbers provided on the <strong>EMS</strong>-6 form.