Safety and Needle Sticks
Safety
Each Clinical Training facility should orient the student to hazards present in the facility. This orientation should include:
- fire safety and evacuation routes
- biohazard handling and disposal
- location of safety equipment and fire extinguisher
- instruction in safety procedures
- precautions to follow for staff and patients during severe weather warnings
Students are required to adhere to all applicable safety regulations and procedures. Failure to do so may be grounds for dismissal from NWHSU.
Accidental Needle Stick
If an accidental needle stick occurs, students will:
- take immediate first aid steps to thoroughly clean wound
- notify site supervisor and follow clinic protocol as instructed
- notify NWHSU Clinical Coordinator
- complete following incident report
- notify family physician and follow advice of physician
- physician must complete and sign incident report
- send copy of signed incident report and chosen course of action to NWHSU
- send copy of results of Hepatitis titer six weeks post-exposure
As outlined in student handbook, students are responsible for their own medical bills.
When enrolling at NWHSU, the student accepts full financial responsibility for all medical treatment and care and/or disability costs for any illness and/or injury incurred while on campus or at a University-affiliated Clinical Training site.
The student understands that neither NWHSU nor the affiliated Clinical Training facilities carry medical insurance or Workers Compensation coverage on students of NWHSU, and will not accept responsibility for medical or other costs incurred by sick or injured patients while on the University’s campus or on Clinical Training.