In home health care, if the phlebotomist had a needlestick during blood collection from the patient, the he/she immediately needs to:
a. write the laboratory to which the patient's blood specimen was delivered that he/she had a needlestick injury.
b. contact the FDA and let them know he/she had a blood exposure event.
c. contact the state health department and let them know he/she had a needlestick
from a home health care visit.
d. obtain the patient's status of HIV and other potential infectious diseases such as
Hepatitis C.
D
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