Anaesthetists are not deemed to undertake EPP and so may be offered these tests but are not obliged to undergo them. Anaesthetic departments should liaise with their occupational health department to ensure that the work of anaesthetists is correctly classified.

What is an EPP worker?

Exposure-prone procedures ( EPP s) are those where there is a risk that injury to the worker may result in exposure of the patient's open tissues to the blood of the worker.

Do Anaesthetists perform exposure prone procedures?

Exposure prone procedures (EPPs) are procedures where there is a risk of injury to the practitioner resulting in exposure of the patient's open tissues to the blood of the practitioner. In general, procedures performed by anaesthesia and pain medicine specialists are done with hands/fingers visible.