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MCL employee blood or body fluid exposures: Act Fast! You have one-two hours for the optimum completion of this procedure. 1. Notify your supervisor or charge person of the area where the injury occurred. 2. You need to complete two forms: one for the lab work on the source patient and one incident report (use side 2 - employee accident). 3. You need to get two purple top tubes drawn on the source patient. Collect them yourself, ask the nurse or get phlebotomy to help. 4. Have someone hand-deliver* the lab form and tubes to the technologist in the Blood Bank.  UH – Blood Bank 1^st Floor 903-4161 5. Report in person: a. ASAP – first report to the ED for medical evaluation and post exposure prophylaxis (if indicated) b. Call Employee Health (University Hospital Room W555 – 903-3671) ASAP after ED visit to make an appointment. * Do not just leave the samples for a pickup! Note: HIV infection may go undetected if the patient is on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). If you think that the source patient may be taking these drugs, please alert the doctor at the time you are counseled. Updated 11/30/2007	Need help? Start here (short overview presentation) Completing the lab form Completing the incident report Frequently asked questions Important phone numbers Lab locations What if I am already past two hours? Provider instructions Get Forms Source patient testing form (for lab) Incident report form (MCLN 0741) Employee – Post Exposure Form (for lab) Ordering instructions (for lab only) Ordering the STAT source patient panel Ordering the employee baseline panel Ordering post exposure prophylaxis test Links CDC and others Related MCL sites