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Bloodborne Pathogens
OSHA
• The spread of infection occurs easily
through infectious pathogens that can be
found in blood and body fluids
• These infectious agents, or bloodborne
pathogens, transmit disease from one
person to another
• To prevent the transmission of these
infectious pathogens, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
has developed specific bloodborne
pathogen training standards
• QUESTION? What is OSHA?
• OSHA is a government agency and part of
the United States Department of Labor
• The mission of OSHA is to promote a safe
and healthy workforce
• To help accomplish this mission, OSHA
mandates yearly training on BBP and PPE
• Why do we need training in the schools?
• Accidents/Injuries involving blood and
body fluids.
• Increased number of students with a
variety of mental & physical disabilities
• Students that bite, drool, kiss, scratch...
• Students with catheters, feeding tubes,
tracheostomies
• The standard applies to anyone who can
reasonably anticipate contact with blood or
body fluids
• Teachers, aids, therapists, nurse
• Everyone needs to know about the risks of
transmission of BBP
What are we worried about coming
into contact with?
• Blood
• Non-intact skin
• Any body fluid visibly contaminated with
blood
The following are not:considered "infected"
-tears, urine, feces, sweat, sputum, or „..9N,
secretions from the nose
Disease Transmission
• Puncture wounds with a contaminated objet1Milm°
(needle, broken glass)
• Sharing needles
• Direct contact with infectious body fluids to open
skin lesions or mucous membranes
• Close person to person contact
• Pregnant mothers can transmit pathogens to
their baby before or at the time of birth
• Best practice: treat all blood and body fluids as if
they were contaminated
3 Most Serious Pathogens
• Hepatitis B
• Hepatitis C
• Aids/HIV-Human Immunodeficiency Virus
• A variety of other less common disease
can also be caused by BBP
• Of the 3- Hepatitis B is our greatest risk
• Clinically silent in 95% of infected people
• Can live on a dry surface, room temperature for
1 week
• Sexually transmitted, sharing needles or drug
equipment, kissing (uncommon)
• Sharing items with someone who is infected...
razors, toothbrushes, nail clippers
Good News!!
• There is a vaccine against Hepatitis B
• Series of three shots
• Can be effective if given ASAP after initial
exposure
Hepatitis C
Not as infectious as Hep B
• Greatest risk-needle use (dirty needles)
• Those who received a blood transfusion
before 1992
• No vaccine, antiviral treatments
Human immunodeficiency Virus
HIV
• Casual contact poses no threat
• Contact with saliva, tears, or sweat has
never shown to result in transmission of
HIV (even if virus is present)
• Weak virus compared to Hep B
• Contracted through unprotected sex and
needle use
Prevention: Standard Precautions
• Do not touch body fluids
• If you must touch, wear gloves
• Use good hand washing/sanitizers
• Keep cuts/open skin covered (students
and staff)
• Use sharps containers
• Keep you work environment clean
• Keep your work environment "safe" for
staff and students
• Good personal hygiene
• Eat/snack in designated break rooms
• Keep equipment clean
• GET THE HEP B VACCINE!!
When should you wash your hands?
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Before, during, and after preparing food
Before eating food
Before and after caring for someone who is sick
Before and after treating a cut or wound
After using the toilet
After changing diapers or cleaning up a child who has used the toilet
After blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing
After touching an animal or animal waste
After handling pet food or pet treats
After touching garbage
What is the right way to wash
your hands?
• Wet your hands with clean, running water (warm or cold)
and apply soap.
• Rub your hands together to make a lather and scrub
them well; be sure to scrub the backs of your hands,
between your fingers, and under your nails.
• Continue rubbing your hands for at least 20 seconds.
Need a timer? Hum the "Happy Birthday" song from
beginning to end twice.
• Rinse your hands well under running water.
• Dry your hands using a
I or air dry them.
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Remember
If soap and water are not available, use
alcohol-based gel to clean hands
1. When using an alcohol based sanitize'
-Apply product to the palm of one hand
-Rub hands together
Rub the product over all surfaces of hands &
fingers until hands are dry
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1. If possible, help the injured student or staff14(
member care for him/herself
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2. Create a barrier between yourself, blood, and
body fluids that may contain blood (PPE)
Clean all surfaces, soiled items with, EPA
registered tuberculocide disinfectant (House
keeping)
4. Dispose of all soiled gloved and other barrier
materials in a sealed plastic bag
5. Wash hand with soap and water
If An Exposure Has Occurred
1. Clean area for 10 minutes with soap and
running water
2. Flush for 15 minutes with running water
3. Notify your supervisor and building
principal
4. Fill out employee incident report
5. Seek medical attention-ER ( if you
already received the Hep B
vaccines...get your titres checked
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QUIZ
1.
How often is the bloodborne pathogen training required?
A.) Annualty4-7
B.) Whenever you can get to it
C.) When your supervisor tells you to
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What are we worried about coming into contact with?
A.) blood
B.) all body fluids
C.) non-intact skin
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What is the disease that is our greatest risk?
EL). FlU Virus
C.) Cold
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What PPE can you wear to protect yourself from bloodborne pathogens?
A.) bandaide
C.) lotion
5.
Personal Protective Equipment, such as gloves, protect you from bloodborne pathogens by creating a barrier
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B.) False
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