Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine (NSU MD) 2023–2024 73 If you are exposed to blood/body fluids, IMMEDIATELY 1. Remove soiled clothing and wash the exposed area with soap and water. 2. Notify attending physician, resident and/or clinical site coordinator, and notify the NSU Infection Control Coordinator’s Office at (954) 262-7352, (954) 770-1179, or (954) 817-0332. Students are required to contact the Environmental Health and Safety Department at (954) 770-1179 or (954) 262-8847. 3. After contacting NSU Infection Control, the student should contact the Student Medical Center (8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) at (954) 262-1270 to receive appropriate care. If on rotation at a distant hospital, or if outside the Student Medical Center’s hours of operation, present to the local emergency department (ED) or urgent care center for assessment and initial prophylactic treatment if applicable. 4. Following the assessment, the ED shall immediately make available to the affected student a copy of all the student’s records relating to the treatment and follow up, and any available results regarding the HIV, HBV, and HCV status of the source, to the extent permitted by law. 5. All NSU MD students are required to obtain and maintain health insurance. The student has exclusive responsibility for the student’s own medical bills. 6. W ithin 24 hours of the exposure, the student must follow up with the assistant dean of Admissions and Student Affairs at (954) 262-1737, who will be responsible for directing the student in following NSU procedures, found at nova.edu/ehs/NSU-EHS-Bloodborne-Pathogens-2020.pdf. Students who become exposed to contaminated body fluids while at a clinic or lab site owned or operated by NSU or on the NSU campus will follow the established follow-up protocols at NSU to receive diagnostic and therapeutic care postexposure. Depending on the level of complexity, diagnostic testing and treatment may be provided at the NSU Student Medical Center during normal business hours. If complex services are required or exposure takes place when the NSU Student Medical Center is closed, the student will be referred to obtain care at an outpatient facility in the community. A student who becomes exposed to contaminated body fluids while at a clinic or lab site that is not owned or operated by NSU or located at an NSU campus is required to contact the supervising faculty member at the affiliate site. This physician will ensure that the student follows the appropriate needlestick protocols (and other appropriate protocols and policies) established at the specific affiliate site to receive immediate diagnostic and therapeutic care postexposure incident. All clinical care sites that are affiliated with NSU MD are required to have established biosafety protocols to provide follow-up diagnostic, preventive, and therapeutic care for medical students who sustain needlestick injuries and/ or other exposures. Regardless of where the exposure occurs, NSU MD provides (and requires of all its affiliated clinical care sites) a system in which all medical students must report all accidental exposures to blood and other potentially hazardous biological fluids that occur including, but not limited to, accidental needlestick injuries. This process is necessary for the following reasons: • to quickly evaluate the risk of infection • to inform the exposed student about treatments available to help prevent infection
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