LabQ 2022 Phlebotomy Exercise 2: BLOOD/BODY FLUID EXPOSURE TESTING AND MANAGEMENT

THOMAS S. ALEXANDER, PHD, D(ABMLI)

Summa Health System

Rootstown, Ohio

Northeast Ohio Medical University 

Rootstown, Ohio

Primary Audience: Phlebotomists, Laboratory Technologists, Laboratory Directors

Secondary Audience: Pathologists, Clinical Scientists (Includes all sub-specialty areas), Students, Pathologist Assistants, Residents, and Students

Upon completion of this activity, you will be able to:

·         define an at-risk blood or body fluid exposure; 

·         discuss the most common bloodborne viruses that may be transmitted through such an exposure;

·         identify the laboratory tests that are most useful to determine whether an exposed individual is at risk for infection from a bloodborne virus; and 

·         discuss the indications for and use of prophylaxis based on results of the laboratory tests.