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Hepatitis B vaccination will be kept at the corporate office with the employee's other medical records. 7.0 Post Exposure Evaluation Follow-up 7.1 If an exposure incident occurs in the field, the employee should notify the Team Manager immediately. 7.2 The Team Manager would notify the Director of Clinical Operations and document the exposure on an "Exposure Incident Form". 7.3 A confidential medical evaluation and follow-up will be conducted by a Licensed Health Care Professional at the nearest Medical Care Facility as soon as possible. The following elements will be performed: ■ Document the routes of exposure and how exposure occurred. ■ Identification of the source individual (unless infeasible or prohibited by law.) ■ Obtain consent and test source individual's blood as soon as possible to determine HIV and HBV infectivity and document the source's blood test results. • If the source individual is known to be infected with either HIV or HBV, testing need not be repeated to determine the known infectivity. ■ Provide the exposed employee with the source individual's test results and information about applicable disclosure laws and regulation concerning the source identity and infectious status. ■ After obtaining consent, collect exposed employee's blood as soon as feasible after the exposure incident and test blood for HBV and HIV serological status. ■ If the employee does not give consent for HIV serological testing during the collection of blood for baseline testing, preserve the baseline blood sample for at least 90 days. 7.4 An "Exposure Incident Report" and "Post-Exposure Evaluation & Follow-Up Checklist" will be provided to the employee so they may bring them along with any additional relevant medical information to the medical evaluation. 8.0 Housekeeping 8.1 The Director of Clinical Operations has developed and implemented a written schedule for cleaning and decontaminating work surfaces (testing areas, equipment, trash containers, sharps containers, vans) as indicated by the standard. ■ Surface disinfectant— cavicide ■ Protective equipment— gloves and for heavy decontamination use safety glasses, face shield and gown h 8.2 Decontaminate work surfaces with cavicide after completion of procedures, immediately after any spill of blood or other potentially infectious materials, and at the end of the work day when surfaces have become contaminated since the last cleaning. 8.3 Inspect and decontaminate, on a regular basis, reusable receptacles such as trash bins, supply trays and bins, equipment bag, sharps container and portable refrigerator. When contamination is visible, clean and decontaminate immediately or as soon as feasible. Page 5 of 16