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Here is some sample content from Employee Exposure to Communicable Disease:

	PURPOSE: To provide a guideline for the management of employees exposed to communicable diseases. POLICY: Employees exposed, or believed to have been exposed, to any communicable diseases shall report the incident promptly to their immediate supervisor and/or the Infection Control Practitioner. The supervisor shall document such incident and report same to the Infection Control Practitioner, for further investigation when advisable. He/she shall make appropriate recommendations to Employee Health/Human Resources Department. Documentation shall include whether or not the employee had taken...
Second excerpt:
	...Include the time, place and person exposed to patient or employee Record duration of exposure, if known Record how exposed Record disease, if known Determine employee's immunization status as appropriate Employee Health/Human Resources Department is to retain a copy of document in Human Resources health record, whether or not reported incident has been proven to require further referral. Referrals, requiring prophylactic or therapeutic treatment, shall be determined by the...