Guidance

Vascular surgery: exposure prone procedure (EPP) categories

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

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 16 January 2019

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Vascular surgery exposure prone procedure (EPP) categorisation

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This content was originally produced by Public Health England.

This content is now owned and managed by the UK Health Security Agency and is under review.

The UK Advisory Panel for Healthcare Workers Living with Bloodborne Viruses (UKAP) specialist working group has compiled a list of 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.