Needlestick- who pays for PPD therapy??

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When you get stuck with a needle and need PPD treatment... who pays for that?? The nurse who was stuck or the hospital they work for? Also...if the cost becomes too expensice to cover.. then what?? Who pays for it?

Thanks for the help! Epona

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Specializes in Urgent Care.
When you get stuck with a needle and need PPD treatment... who pays for that?? The nurse who was stuck or the hospital they work for? Also...if the cost becomes too expensice to cover.. then what?? Who pays for it?

Thanks for the help! Epona

If you are stuck at work here in washington state that is normally covered by workmans comp insurance (State dept of L&I). So it is niether you nor the hospital you work for, but the same insurance that pays the construction worker who falls off a ladder at work.

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Specializes in Day program consultant DD/MR.

The same here in CA, we would send our nurses or lab tech's or any one that had a needle stick to the work comp clinic when I worked in the ER admitting dept.

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When I worked ED, the employee health dept. in HR took care of drawing the labs. If it was after hours, then they came to the ED for testing. If treatment was needed, the employee would get the meds through the hospital pharmacy. Who paid for it, I would think the worker's comp insurance company.

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

In Florida it's a worker's comp thing and the facility in which you get stuck pays for all testing, medication and followup. It's against the law to send the employee a bill.

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Specializes in ICU, ER, EP,.

In every state I've worked, either employee health or the er does emergency lab draws, questionaire, tests the patient and prescribes meds. It is covered by the hospital insurance as well as all the follow up labs. No exception.

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Just curious--what does PPD stand for? I'm only familiar with PEP (post-exposure prophylaxis). And I don't honestly know who pays. In my state I know HIV meds are free--but I did hear of a nursing student with a needle stick who was having a hard time finding someone to cover it (her private--school--health insurance wouldn't). I don't know how it worked out. If this has happened to you, I wish you the best of luck!

-Kan

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Specializes in Cardiac Telemetry, Emergency, SAFE.

I thought that PPD was the TB test thing. Arent you required to renew that yearly? Im confused...

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Specializes in ER.

purified protein derivative - its the small component of tb that is used for the sin test for tb antibodies.

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I got a needlestick from, a hep c patient, I went 12 months with three lots of tests-thankfully negative but not my idea of fun. I told no-one except my managers-- AND THEY COULDNT HAVE CARED LESS! I did the right thing, squeezing and suchluke--I had gloves on the the syringe driver--a new fangled thing--was faulty. I didnt bothr going to counselling, I tried to put it out of my mind. Not the pleasantist of expereinces!

GS

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Specializes in Tele, Infectious Disease, OHN.

Can TB be transmitted by a needlestick?? :uhoh3::uhoh3: Just asking, it is early and I thounght it was by respiratory contact with an actively infected person...I will drink my coffee and wait for answers.

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It would be a workmens compensation injury....

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