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RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION
- Notify your supervisor of injury or illness. Make note of the radioactive material being used and whether it is mixed with human or animal blood-borne pathogen.
- Complete the "Employee’s First Report of Injury" form (available from your department or Risk Management) and take with you to Student and Employee Health (SEH). Distribute copy of completed form to supervisor. Fax a completed copy of the Employee's First Report of Injury to Risk Management at 6-1520 . This will ensure timely processing of claim and issuance of claim number and prescription authorization if appropriate.
- The employee's supervisor or the employee should then page the SEH at (410) 512-0021.If the supervisor is unavailable, the employee may call.
- Advise them that you have or are an injured UMB employee. Describe nature of the exposure specifying the type of radioactive material being used and whether any blood borne pathogen was involved.
- Arrange for an appointment to be seen at SEH. Be sure to take along the completed “ Employee’s First Report of Injury”
If there is NO response within 10 minutes:
Beep Ms. Harriet Mandell at (410) 416-6894.
If Ms. Mandell is not available, call the clinic Director, Dr. Kevin Ferentz, at (410) 328-2686 or page him at (410) 416-1854
STUDENT AND EMPLOYEE HEALTH (SEH) is located at 29 S. Paca St., between Redwood and Lombard streets.
Hours 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday; and 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday and Friday.
IF AFTER HOURS
Follow steps 1 and 2 then request supervisor or co-worker to contact the UMB Police on 711 to request that the on-call EHS personnel be notified and advised of incident including contact information for exposed employee. Report to the UMMS Emergency Room- Advise them that you are a UMB employee and have a potential contamination by radioactive material (specify type and quantity).
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