Guidance

Vascular surgery: exposure prone procedure categories

UKAP categorisation of exposure prone procedures (EPPs) carried out in vascular surgery, by risk of bleed-back and blood-borne virus transmission.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 16 January 2019

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Vascular surgery exposure prone procedure (EPP) categorisation

Ref: PHE publications gateway number 2018744

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The UK Advisory Panel for Healthcare Workers Infected with Bloodborne Viruses (UKAP) specialist working group has compiled a list of exposure prone procedures (EPPs) and non-EPPs carried out in vascular surgery.

Each procedure has been categorised into the level of risk of bleed-back (EPP level 0 to 3), where injury to the healthcare worker could result in the worker’s blood contaminating the patient’s open tissues.

This list is not exhaustive of all procedures carried out in vascular surgery, and is to be used as a guide only.

Published 16 January 2019