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Accident Reports
AUB employees are prone to different types of
accidents such as falling down and needle prick etc. Once the accident
happens, the supervisor of the unit or department head completes the Personal
Accident Report form. The report includes the type of accident, the name of
the injured person, and a quotation stated by the injured about how the
accident has occurred. This report is sent to the UHS
either
- by the injured person
if s/he needs follow up consultation or
- by
mail if the injured has been seen at the ER and does not need any
further follow up.
Needle Prick
- If
the accident is a needle prick and/or accident due to infections by
patients or materials
- The
supervisor of unit or head department completes the personal Accident
Report form (Available at all units) within 24 hours.
- The
supervisor or department head contacts the Infection Control Officer
(ICO) at the hospital to submit the complete accident report by hand,
and then sends him/her the complete accident report form by hand. In
case, Infection Control officer is not available and on weekends, the
nursing supervisor is called. The latter will
get in touch with the UHS
doctor on call as needed, ask him/her to order medications, and try to
inform the ICO the next day. The UHS
doctor must call the ICO the next day to ensure follow up. In case the
nursing supervisor was unable to call, the supervisor or department head
will reassure the exposed person that he/she shall receive the
appropriate care soon. There is no need to refer individuals concerned
neither to emergency room nor to UHS,
pharmacy, and no need for them to leave duty. The infection Control
officer will be in touch with him/her. The treatment, if any, is not
urgent. It is prophylactic and can be given any time within 48 hours
from exposure.
- The
Infection Control Officer or nursing supervisor will investigate the
accident, interview the employee obtain all relevant information from
patient's chart and physicians. The ICO will fill the Accident Exposure
Notification form, and send reports and findings to UHS by hand c/o UHS
messenger. On weekends, the nursing supervisor may complete this form
with the help of the UHS doctor
on call.
- After
calling UHS on weekdays or
the UHS doctor on call on
weekends, both the infection control officer and the nursing supervisor
may order the necessary blood tests on the potential source of infection
(HBsAg or HIV if necessary) and charge
Hospital Administration account. A blood sample from the health care
worker is drawn and held in the serology laboratory for 7 days until the
accident is finalized by the ICO.
- Prescription
may not be dispensed without doctors signature.
On weekends, the UHS doctor
on call may write the prescription the same day or the next morning.
When UHS issues a
prescription, it will be sent with a copy of
the accident report (blue) to the pharmacy, which will then dispense the
medication free and charge the Hospital Administration account.
- The UHS may request further investigations or
blood tests as needed, call on the exposed individual for interview and
examination and/ or prescribe treatment if required .
*Blood tests will not be performed without evidence of completion of
an accident report
- All
procedures done at the Infirmary are documented
in the Infection Control Sheet placed in the file.
See also Needle
Stick Management at UHS
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