FOI Request
- Disclosure ID
- FOI/03445
- Request Date
- November 29, 2019
- Subject
- Blood Tests
- Description
1). How many needle stick/sharps injury blood tests for HIV, Hep B and Hep C were carried out on injured parties blood in 2018 at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Virology lab?
2). How many source blood tests for HIV, Hep B and Hep C were carried out in 2018 at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Virology lab?
3). What initial specific blood tests are performed on the first sample from the injured party?
4). What initial specific blood tests are performed on the source blood?
5). Is there any further testing for HIV, Hep B and Hep C on the blood samples if they are both negative on the initial sample?
6). Is there any further testing on the bloods if they are positive?
7). How does the lab match up the blood samples from the source and the injured party?-
- Response
1). 387 requests for storage.
2). 387
3). Blood for storage only, no testing at injury stage as sero conversion takes a minimum of 6 weeks.
4). Testing for Hepatitis b surface antigen, hepatitis c antibody and HIV antibody.
5). No further testing for source needed from the NSI perspective. Injured person would have testing for Hepatitis b surface antigen, hepatitis c antibody and HIV antibody at 24 weeks after injury.
6). If any of tests taken from source are positive further tests are taken to assess level of disease activity.
7). Source patient blood test request would indicate that they are a source for NSI to member of staff and copy of results will then be automatically sent to Occupational Health (OH) ( positive results are phoned through to OH as soon as they become available). Storage bloods taken from injured staff member at time of injury would add source patients details as per trust policy. Matching source to injured person is undertaken by OH.