2. OSHA’s Bloodborne Pathogens Standard 29 CFR 1910.1030 The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), has a regulation that requires employers to establish safety procedures to protect employees who may be exposed to blood as a part of their job duties.
3. Your school has a written “Exposure Control Plan” that is kept in the district office and is available to you upon request. This course will cover the basics of this plan.
7. If you do not fall into an occupationally exposed group, your employer may still ask you to participate in training so that you understand agency policies and procedures
16. Hepatitis C is a viral infection of the liver that affects approximately 3.9 million Americans. It is the leading indication for liver transplants There is no preventative vaccine for the virus
19. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) attacks the body’s immune system, destroying the body’s ability to fight off infection. HIV causes the disease known as AIDS. There is no cure or vaccine Aids is always fatal
22. These bloodborne pathogens are all transmitted the same way - through internal exposure to contaminated blood, body fluids containing visible blood, or certain other body fluids, such as semen and vaginal secretions.
27. Universal precaution means to assume, and treat, all human blood and certain human body fluids as if they are infectious for HIV, HBV, and other bloodborne pathogens.
