The Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act of 2000 was implemented to prevent health care workers from experiencing needlestick injuries. Which of the following is required to be docu-mented regarding a needlestick injury?
a. Notify the patient's physician.
b. Advise the hospital risk management de-partment.
c. Document the department or work area in which the exposure occurred.
d. Send the injured staff person to the emer-gency room for documentation of the in-cident.
C
The Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act requires documentation of the department and work area in which the needlestick injury occurred. It also requires employers to maintain a sharps in-jury log to document the type and brand of device involved and an explanation of how the inci-dent occurred. The information is to be recorded and maintained in a way that protects the con-fidentiality of injured employees. The test question is asking for "required documentation," so notifying the doctor is not appropriate. More than likely, the person would be sent to the occupa-tional safety department for follow-up and documentation.
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