Final Disposal

¾ Purchase of needle destroyer if resources permit

¾ Incineration of all infected waste

¾ Deep burial in controlled land fill sites (protected from

all sides)

¾ Shredding of disposable plasticware waste.

Postexposure Care

¾ Minor bleed with percutaneous inoculation, open skin

wound, breached skin, exposed mucous membranes.

First Aid

¾ Allow to bleed by squeezing

¾ Wash with water

¾ Antiseptic.

Report

¾ Employee identification, date, time with place of

accident

¾ Circumstances around accident

¾ Action taken.

Initial Consultation

¾ Easy access to medical advice with counseling. Consult,

physician for AZT prophylaxis regime if medication

available.

Laboratory Testing

¾ After consent with counseling within 2 weeks, 5 weeks,

12 weeks, or 24 weeks.

Clinical Follow-up

¾ For fever, pharyngitis, rash, malaise, lymphadenopathy,

myalgia and arthralgia within 6 months

¾ Do not leave the workplace or walk around the

laboratory while wearing gloves

¾ Wash hands with soap and water immediately after

any contamination and after work is finished. If gloves

are worn, wash your hands with soap and water

after removing the gloves. This is a vital and simple

precaution that is often overlooked

¾ Wear a laboratory gown or uniform when in the

laboratory. Wrap-around gowns are preferable. Remove

this protective clothing before leaving the laboratory

¾ When work with material that is potentially infected

with HIV is in progress, close the laboratory door and

restrict access to the laboratory. The door should have

a sign BIOHAZARD: NO ADMITTANCE

¾ Keep the laboratory clean, neat and free from

extraneous materials and equipment

¾ Disinfect work surfaces when procedures are

completed at the end of each working day. An effective

all-purpose disinfectant is a hypochlorite solution

with a concentration of at least 0.1% available chlorine

(1 g/L, 1000 ppm)