Blood exposure

[SaltineQueen]

Do any of your districts have policies or procedures that deal specifically with student to student blood exposure? We, of course, have the standard BBP plan if a staff is exposed, but had an incident recently where one student may have gotten another student's blood in their mouth (head vs teeth in gym class...lots of blood). Nurse at that school wasn't quite sure how to handle it (beyond typical accident reporting and treating wounds) from an exposure standpoint. I know there's FERPA/HIPAA issues to worry about. Thanks much!

[KKEGS, MSN, RN]

This happened to me this year as well. We wrote up a report and notified each set of parents. In this case neither set of parents was concerned but I suppose if one or both sets had been concerned blood testing would have been done at the district's expense. Either way no names need to be shared although the kids could easily tell their parents who the other kid was.

[OldDude]

I think the only policy you could have would be as kschenz suggested, inform the parents and recommend a visit to the pediatrician for further evaluation. Certainly there is nothing you can "DO" to prevent it.

[kidzcare]

I agree. I had a similar incident of teeth to forehead after a collision in PE. Both sets of parents were notified and it's up to them from there.

[chasinRT]

I had an incident in which one of my little guys had some aiming difficulty at restroom break and "may" have inadvertently gotten some urine on another student's lips and face....thankfully the parent involved had a great sense of humor.

[tining, BSN, RN]

I hope the Pope has good aim

[moreoreo]

I had a student cut his forehead when he bumped into another student's teeth (he didn't know which part of her he had cut himself on so I had to track her down ). I consulted my district nurse before informing principal and parents of the incident and writing an incident report for each. I let both sets of parents know that each child's hep B series was complete and recommended that they contact their child's physician to see if any follow up was necessary.

[SaltineQueen]

I had an incident in which one of my little guys had some aiming difficulty at restroom break and "may" have inadvertently gotten some urine on another student's lips and face....thankfully the parent involved had a great sense of humor.

That's some pretty bad aim.