All disposable equipment, cleaning materials or evidence contaminated with body fluids shall be bagged and disposed of in compliance with state law provisions for disposal of biologically hazardous waste material. D. Supplies 1. Supervisors are responsible for continuously maintaining and storing in a convenient location an adequate amount of communicable disease control supplies for their unit. Supervisors are responsible for dissemination of supplies for infectious disease control. Protective gloves, other first aid supplies and disinfecting materials will be made readily available at all times.
Officers using supplies stored in police vehicles are responsible for their immediate replacement.
Officers are required to keep disposable gloves in their possession while on either motor or foot patrol. E. Line of Duty Exposures to Communicable Diseases 1. Any officer who has been bitten by a person, or who has had physical contact with body fluids of another person while in the line of duty shall be considered to have been exposed to a communicable disease. A supervisor shall be contacted, and all appropriate duty injury and medical forms shall be completed by the supervisor. Immediately after exposure, the officer shall be transported to the appropriate health care facility for clinical and serological testing for evidence of infection.