Regardless of injury location, you are an employee of UK

• Step 1: First Aid
• Step 2: Workers’ Care:  800-440-6285

Please note that failure to report injuries through UK Worker’s Care could impact your future eligibility for worker’s compensation coverage. Further details about this resource are available at: here.

Step 1: Immediately wash exposed area with soap and water and treat injury, if needed. If eyes are splashed with a potential bloodborne pathogen, immediately flush eyes at closest eyewash station and proceed to the ED for eye exam.

Step 2: Report exposure to Infection Prevention. Call 270-745-1000 and ask for the IP nurse on-call (available 24 hours/7 days a week). Infection Prevention will assist in testing the source patient and with testing the resident/fellow, as needed, as well as provide counseling to the exposed individual. All results will be reported by the IP directly to the healthcare associate involved. If an Infectious Disease consult is required, the IP will make the arrangements and notify the exposed individual.

Step 3: Report the occurrence to Workers Care: 800-440-6285.

Failure to report through UK Worker’s Care could impact your future eligibility for worker’s compensation coverage. Further details about this resource may be found at the UK website.

Step 1: First aid. Immediately de-glove and wash hands, treat the injury.
Step 2: Notify supervising nurse for the unit/area to draw source patient blood; obtain “red envelope”
Step 3: Report the occurrence to Workers Care: 800-440-6285

• During normal business hours, you will receive an appointment at employee health
• After hours and weekends, you will have a phone consult with the on call provider and may have a subsequent appointment at employee health

Based on where the employee is physically located, and once they have been phone triaged by our third party administer (CorVel), they may be sent to a local emergency department, immediate care center, or other like service.

This is an arrangement we have as part of our managed care organization. If an injured employee is located outside of the Lexington area, they more than likely would not be sent to Lexington for treatment. The University follows all applicable work comp rules and regulations, as outline by KRS 342.

Members of UK health plans can participate in a new service called LiveHealth Online. Connect with a medical professional through the Internet for advice regarding minor primary-care conditions, such as the flu, colds, pink eye and more. They can also send prescriptions to your pharmacy. Visits cost just $10 for members of UK health plans, except for the UK indemnity plan, which is also subject to co-insurance: https://livehealthonline.com/