Needle Stick Injury

Outside these hours, Microbiology acts on behalf of Occupational Health to document needle stick and splash-exposure injuries, and to provide advice for staff in these situations.

Please contact Microbiology medical staff on call via Switchboard. The details of the incident and the 'donor' patient (if known) will be logged in order to make a risk assessment.

Microbiology medical staff are available to provide clinical advice if the recipient is a patient of Oxford University Hospitals or a member of staff.

For needle stick incidents occurring in the community / nursing homes / dentists / primary care, please contact UKHSA.

Tel: 020 7654 8000

If immediate emergency action is required, advice will be given by telephone.

In all other instances, further follow-up of the incident will be initiated via Occupational Health on the next working day.

All such incidents should be reported via Ulysses.