Needle Sticks and Blood Borne Pathogen Exposure (BBPE) Management

24 Hour Help Line: 612-339-3663

QUICK STEPS - What to Do First!

1. Clean it
2. Get treated
3. ID the source patient
4. Report it - contact your supervisor or preceptor
5. Get follow-up exam

IMPORTANT: The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention recommend that the exposed person seek treatment within 1-2 hours after initial exposure. 

Note: If you are a resident/fellow, it is your responsibility to learn facility-specific exposure protocols when you begin your rotation. Please see employee health at your facility to learn procedures.

The detailed steps to manage an exposure are on the Occupational Health and Safety website, as well information on the Bloodborne Pathogen Training Program.

If you are on rotation at one of our major affiliated sites, their Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) offices are available to help you during their regular business hours. 

After you have completed the steps listed above please make sure that a First Report of Injury (FROI) form is completed within 8 business hours (1 work day).  This is required by the Department of Labor and Industry and is also necessary to pay the bills that are incurred as a result of the injury. 

The preferred method of completing a First Report of Injury (FROI) is the on-line or e-FROI.  This requires you to log in with the employee ID or the x500 of the injured party.  The e-FROI guides you through the process of completing the required information.  Upon submission the completed e-FROI goes directly to Sedgwick Claims Management, and your area contact Peggy Handt at 624-6019.  Be sure to choose "Twin Cities All Other" in the drop down for the campus in the e-FROI.

If the e-FROI form is not available, perhaps the system is down, you can access a fill-able First Report of Injury (FROI) form.  Complete all required information in the fill-able FROI and save as a PDF.  you can email the completed FROI to 211@sedgwickcms.com.

If you print off the FROI and complete it manually, fax the completed form directly to Sedgwick Management at 952-826-3785.

You should hear from an adjuster at Sedgwick Claims Management (SCM) within 3 business days of submission of the completed FROI. If you do not hear from SCM within 3 business days contact Peggy Handt at 624-6019, your area contact, to make sure that your e-FROI was received at Sedgwick. 

A Supervisor Incident Investigation Report is also required and must be completed within 24 business hours (3 work days). This form can be found at: http://policy.umn.edu/Policies/hr/Benefits/WORKERSCOMP.html. It is located under "forms/instructions".  Fax the completed form directly to Sedgwick Claims Management at 952-826-3785.

Further instructions can be found in the Reporting Workers Compensation Related Injuries policy on the Uwide Policy Library.

If you receive a bill as a result of the injury, please retain the bill and fax it to Sedgwick Claims Management at 952-826-3785.

**If you receive initial treatment for a BBPE at a training site Employee Health Office or Emergency Room, please identify yourself as a UM resident/fellow.

**The cost of testing the source patient is the responsibility of the site at which the needlestick/blood borne pathogen exposure occurred.

GME Contact: Carol Sundberg via email or by phone at 612-626-3317.

Reviewed 3.12