13 Universal Precautions / Standard Precautions
Universal precautions procedures protect both students and patients from unnecessary health risks. Students must know the recommendations outlined in the relevant teaching hospital’s policies. Certain situations require a mandatory visit or telephone consultation with Student Health Services. Such situations include the following:
- Needle sticks or other contaminated injuries
- Exposure to active cases of tuberculosis
- Mucous membrane exposure to bloodborne pathogens
- Exposure to enteral varicella
- Active enteral infection with salmonella or shigella
A nurse or physician at IUI Health Services (Student Health Services) is available 24 hours a day by phone at 317-518-7003 to provide information regarding needle sticks and other contaminated injuries. Students who sustain a needle stick or other contaminated injury should call the OUCH phone number immediately. This information can be found each semester in the student’s Canvas Clinical Course.
Students exposed to or exhibiting signs and symptoms of contagious diseases, including, but not limited to, varicella and viral conjunctivitis, should go to a health services location to be seen as soon as possible. Health Services locations can be found at StudentAffairs.indianapolis.iu.edu…/medical.
If the situation occurs when the health service locations are closed, the student should call the OUCH phone.