Preplacement Health Assessment and

Bloodborne Pathogen Training Procedures

For Residents and Fellows

Revised February 2008

 The following guidelines focus on preplacement screening and bloodborne pathogen training of residents as employees of the University of Florida who will have patient contact as well as occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens.  These procedures also cover Fellows in the College of Medicine and the College of Dentistry. 

The preplacement health assessment must be completed by the Student Health Care Center no later than June 30.

 The Bloodborne Pathogen Training must be completed by the resident’s University of Florida Department no later than July 14. 

 Residents and Fellows must use the following forms for clearance with the University of Florida.

 Preplacement Health Assessment forms to the SHCC by May 1

·        Preplacement Screening Patient Contact Form (UF Residency/Fellowship)

·        Authorization to Use or Disclose Protected Health Information Form

·        Medical History Questionnaire for N-95 Filtering Face Piece Respirators

·        TB Surveillance Form (where necessary)

Bloodborne Pathogen form to EH&S by July 14

·        Bloodborne Pathogen Program Training & Vaccination Form

Those who are NOT CLEARED by the Student Health Care Center before the individual’s employment date WILL NOT be allowed to work with patients at the University of Florida. 


 Medical Screening Clearance

The Student Health Care Center (SHCC) is responsible for establishing the medical screening clearance status of each new resident.  They make available to the departments the medical screening forms.  The residents return the completed forms directly to the SHCC by May 1.

 The SHCC posts the status of health assessments in PeopleSoft’s Workforce Monitoring screens. 

 Medical Screening Forms 

 Medical Screening Contacts at SHCC:  (352) 392-1161 x 4212

·        Dr. Boyd Kellett, Assistant Professor of Community Health and Family Practice

·        Mike Wuerz, BSN, RN

 
Bloodborne Pathogen Training

 Environmental Health and Safety is responsible for tracking the Bloodborne Pathogen Program’s (BBP) Training and Vaccination form.  Training is done on-site at the University of Florida by the individual departments.  Previous BBP training at another facility outside of UF does not substitute for the required training at UF.

 Residents (and all employees, students, volunteers, affiliates who have occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens) must be trained at the University of Florida on the prevention and control of bloodborne pathogens.  This training must occur upon assignment and annually thereafter. 

Documentation of this training upon arrival at the University of Florida is done on the Bloodborne Pathogen Program Training and Vaccination Form.  Each resident must have this form on file with EH&S before their preplacement health assessment is complete.

 

During the first week of employment, departments provide each new resident with this training.  Typically, it is provided by the department Bloodborne Pathogen Training coordinator on an individual basis.  (The annual training session is usually not appropriate for this initial training since the university-wide deadline for that is March 31.)  Upon completion of the training, the department forwards the Training and Vaccination form to EH&S Occupational Medicine.

 

Bloodborne Pathogen Training Form    

 

·        Bloodborne Pathogen Program Training and Vaccination Form

            http://www.ehs.ufl.edu/Bio/BBP/tnv.pdf

 

Bloodborne Pathogen Contacts:  (352) 392-1591 

·        Karen Gillis, Biosafety Officer

·        Gail Roser, Assistant to the Biosafety Officer

·        Grace Dixon, Occupational Medicine Coordinator

 More details of preplacement health assessments for the job duties of patient contact and contact with human blood or other potentially infectious materials can be found in the Student Health Care Center document UF Employee Preplacement Health Assessments Policies and Procedures.  It is available on the web at http://shcc.ufl.edu/occmed/pdf/policy.pdf.

 Details of the University of Florida’s Occupational Medicine Program are available on Environmental Health and Safety’s web site at http://www.ehs.ufl.edu/OCCMED/.