Is it allowable to include consent for occupational exposure testing and related disclosure on a facilitys general consent form?
Yes. A facility can include language around occupational exposure testing and disclosure in their consent form. If a patient consents and later becomes the source of an occupational exposure, it would be the responsibility of the facility to inform the patient or his surrogate before the testing was conducted or as soon after as practical that testing took place and to note the test and the result in the patient’s medical record.
Related Questions
- Is there a specific type of HIV test that is to be used for anonymous testing involving occupational exposure from a patient unable to give consent?
- In what cases can a provider test a source patient of an occupational exposure without that patients consent?
- If the source patient declines testing in a case of occupational exposure, may we test him anonymously?
