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EPINet™ - Exposure Prevention Information Network

According to the International Healthcare Worker Safety Center, the Exposure Prevention Information Network (EPINet™*) was developed by Janine Jagger, M.P.H., Ph.D., and colleagues in 1991 to provide standardized methods for recording and tracking percutaneous injuries and blood and body fluid contacts. The EPINet system consists of a Needlestick and Sharp Object Injury Report and a Blood and Body Fluid Exposure Report, and software programmed in Access®* for entering and analyzing the data from the forms.

• The EPINet™ for Access® software program* is available free of charge by following the ordering instructions on the EPINet™ website.
  
  
• Access/EPINet-OR is a version of EPINet designed specifically for the surgical setting. It is suitable for both inpatient and outpatient surgical settings as well as labor and delivery suites.
  
  
• The EPINet report forms can be downloaded from their website.

For additional information on EPINet™ and to learn how to order, please visit http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/epinet/about_epinet.cfm

* The EPINet™ for Access® program is copyrighted and may not be altered without permission of the International Health Care Worker Safety Center. EPINet is a trademark of the University of Virginia. Access is a registered trademark of the Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.