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INTRODUCTION OSHA ESTIMATES 5.6 MILLION WORKERS IN HEALTH CARE AND OTHER FACILITIES ARE AT RISK OF EXPOSURE TO BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS SUCH AS HUMAN IMUNODEFICIENCY (HIV) AND HEPATITIS B (HBV).

PURPOSE: TO PROVIDE SAFE WORKING CONDITIONS THAT PROTECT EMPLOYEES FROM BEING UNNECESSARILY EXPOSED TO HEALTH HAZARDS

GENERAL TERMS: HBV HEPATITIS MEANS INFLAMMATION OF THE LIVER. HEPATITIS B VIRUS IS THE MAJOR INFECTIOUS BLOODBORNE HAZARD YOU FACE ON THE JOB

HIV HIV HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRSUS ATTACKS THE BODY’S IMMUNE SYSTEM, CAUSING THE DISEASE KNOWN AS AIDS OR ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME

EXPOSURE TO BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS INCLUDE: NURSES PHYSICIANS DENTISTS OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL EMERGENCY ROOM PERSONNEL LAUNDRY HANDLERS LAW ENFORCEMENT FIREFIGHTERS PARAMEDICS EMT’S FIRST RESPONDERS CPR PROVIDERS

OTHER EXPOSURES BLOOD MAY BE PRESENT IN: - VOMIT - URINE - FECES

MODES OF TRANSMISSION HIV AND HBV AND OTHER PATHOGENS MAY BE PRESENT IN: BODY FLUIDS SUCH AS SALVIA, SEMEN, VAGINAL SECRETIONS, CEREBROSPINAL FLUID, SYNOVIAL PLEURAL FLUID, PERITONEAL FLUID, PERICARDIAL FLUID, AMNIOTIC FLUID SALIVA AND BLOOD CONTACT IN DENTAL PROCEDURES UNFIXED TISSUE OR ORGANS OTHER THAN INTACT SKIN FROM LIVING OR DEAD HUMANS

MODES OF TRANSMISSION CON’T ACCIDENTAL INJURY BY CONTAMINATED SHARPS CONTACT WITH OPEN CUTS, NICKS AND ABRASIONS CONTACT WITH MUCOUS MEMBRANES MOUTH, NOSE AND EARS

TRANSMISSION OF VIRUSES: HIV IS TRANSMITTED PRIMARILY THROUGH SEXUAL CONTACT BUT MAY ALSO BE TRANSMITTED THROUGH CONTACT WITH BLOOD AND SOME BODY FLUIDS. HIV IS NOT TRANSMITTED BY TOUCHING, FEEDING OR WORKING AROUND PATIENTS WHO CARRY THE DISEASE

WAYS TO TRANSMIT INFECTION: SEXUAL CONTACT WITH INFECTED PARTNER SHARING INFECTED NEEDLES CUTTING YOURSELF WITH INFECTED OBJECTS GETTING INFECTED BLOOD IN OPEN SORES GETTING BLOOD IN YOUR MOUTH , NOSE OR EYES

WHO HAS HIV OR HBV? ALL TYPES OF PEOPLE HAVE THE VIRUSES 300,000 PEOPLE ARE INFECTED WITH HBV ANNUALLY 35,000 ARE INFECTED WITH HIV

A PERSON INFECTED WITH HIV: MAY CARRY THE VIRUS WITHOUT DEVELOPING SYMPTOMS WILL EVENTUALLY DEVELOP AIDS MAY DEVELOP AIDS RELATED ILLNESSES INCLUDING NEUROLOGICAL PROBLEMS, CANCER AND OTHER OPPORTUNIST INFECTIONS

IF YOU BECOME INFECTED WITH HBV: YOU MAY FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE THE FLU YOU MAY BE SICK ENOUGH TO BE HOSPITALIZED YOUR SALVIA AND OTHER BODY FLUIDS MAY BE INFECTIOUS

CONTROL OF BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS ENGINEERING CONTROLS EMPLOYEE WORK PRACTICES PERSONNEL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT HOUSEKEEPING HEPATITIS B VACCINE

TRAINING SHALL CONTAIN: ENGINEERING CONTROLS ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS PPE POST EXPOSURE EVALUATIONS RECORD KEEPING

UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS: TREAT ALL BLOOD AND BODY FLUIDS AS POTENTIALLY INFECTIOUS

CONTAMINATED SURFACES SURFACES CAN BE CONTAMINATED WITHOUT VISIBLE SIGNS HBV CAN SURVIVE ON SURFACES AT ROOM TEMPERATURE FOR AT LEAST A WEEK

EXPOSURE PREVENTION AND CONTROL PLACE CONTAMINATED SHARPES IN APPROVED CONTAINERS WASH HANDS AFTER CONTAMINATION DO NOT KEEP FOOD OR DRINK ON COUNTERS WHERE INFECTIOUS MATERIALS MAY BE PRESENT

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT PPE INCLUDES: GLOVES MASKS APRONS FACESHIELDS MOUTHPIECES GOWNS EYEWARE CPR POCKET MASKS OTHER EQUIPMENT WHICH MAY REDUCE CONTACT WITH SKIN OR OTHER POTENTIALLY INFECTIOUS MATERIAL

SAFE HOUSE KEEPING WEAR RUBBER GLOVES RESTRICT AREA USE DISPOSAL TOWELS FOR CLEANUP PUT CONTAMINATED BLOOD IN APPROVED CONTAINERS

BE PREPARED ALWAYS WEAR GLOVES WHEN AT RISK BE ALERT FOR SHARP OBJECTS DO NOT PICK UP GLASS WITH BARE HANDS PLACE SHARPS IN APPROVED CONTAINERS

COMMON SENSE RULES BE SURE TO WASH HANDS AND REMOVE PROTECTIVE CLOTHING BEFORE: - EATING - DRINKING - SMOKING - APPLYING COSMETICS - HANDLING CONTACTS

STANDARD THAT APPLIES: OSHA General Industry Standard 29 CFR 1910.1030