105. Mass. Code Regs. 172.003. - Notice to Care Providers Who Have Sustained an Exposure to an Infectious Disease Dangerous to the Public Health

“Notice to Care Providers Who Have Sustained an Exposure to an Infectious Disease Dangerous to the Public Health”
 
A health care facility that diagnoses a patient as having a bloodborne infectious disease dangerous to the public health must notify orally within 48 hours of diagnosis and in writing within 72 hours of diagnosis, the designated infection control officer for the care provider(s) submitting the Unprotected Exposure Form.  Any health care facility that diagnoses a patient as having an airborne or uncommon or rare infectious disease dangerous to the public health, must also notify the designated infection control officer for the care providers who transported the patient as soon as practicable. Notice to the care provider(s) who has sustained an exposure to an infectious disease dangerous to the public health shall also be made.  The identity of the patient diagnosed as having an infectious disease dangerous to the public health shall not be released either orally or in writing by the health care facility to the designated infection control officer for the care provider or to the care provider who has sustained the exposure and the patient's name shall be kept confidential.