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particular offenses against children, or any assault and battery in which the victim
was exposed to body fluids of the person arrested.
d. There are three ways to access the source for testing.
1) If the patient is transported to a local hospital, the hospitals are usually very
cooperative in such cases, testing a patient's blood as a routine procedure.
2) On certain occasions blood may be drawn in the jail.
3) The source can submit to testing or in certain cases a court order can be issued.
Testing can be coordinated by the Infectious Disease Exposure Consultant if
the necessary approvals have been obtained.
e. “Quick Test” of a Source Patient
1) Riverside Regional Medical Center (RRMC) can perform a “quick test” (results
within an hour) to determine if a source patient is HIV positive, providing an
exposed employee with faster, appropriate medical treatment.
2) In the event an employee comes in contact with another person's bodily fluid,
the source patient’s blood can be tested at RRMC. If the source patient goes to
RRMC for treatment, the blood will be drawn there. If the source patient is
taken to another area hospital, blood will be drawn at that hospital into three
separate vials which are taken to RRMC for testing.
NOTE: If the source does not need medical treatment, he can be taken directly to
the RRMC laboratory for the blood to be drawn.
3) The Newport News Sheriff’s Department will work with the Police Department
in the event of an exposure while a suspect is being booked. The nurse will
draw the blood at the jail or the inmate will be transported to RRMC for blood
to be drawn. If the inmate refuses to be tested, the Jail Administrator will
contact the Courts for a court order. The Shift Commander at the Sheriff’s
Department shall be given all pertinent information (source’s name, address,
social security number and date of birth) for the Jail Administrator.
4) In all cases, the Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens (City form)
must accompany the source or the blood. If the source patient consents to have
blood drawn for testing, a Source Testing Release Consent (City form) must be
completed and forwarded with the blood to RRMC. A copy of the Source
Patient Testing Form shall be kept at the Sheriff’s Department if the blood is
drawn there. An additional copy shall be forwarded to the City Human
Resources Department.
NOTE: The Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens Form may be
downloaded from the City of Newport News intranet site at
"http://www.nnlocal/", or it may be accessed on the Department's
Common Drive. The Source Testing Release Consent is a 3-part form
and must be obtained from the City's Human Resources Department.
Copies of this form should be kept at each precinct, and in the office of
the Designated Officer.
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