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BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS IN SCHOOLS: THE FUNDAMENTALS
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1. Where is the Standard Exposure Control plan located in your building?
2. To whom do you report if you have an occupational exposure to blood or other body fluids.
3. Who is responsible for furnishing you with personal protective equipment to prevent exposure to blood or other
potentially infective materials?
4. __________________________is the single, most important method of infection control.
5.
True
False When an individual is infected with BBPs, the pathogens live in their bloodstream and their body
fluids.
6.
True
False Those infected can spread the disease to others, but only if symptoms are present.
7.
True
False HCV is far more infectious than HIV – and is more easily spread in the workplace.
8.
True
False Symptoms of HBV infection are often like the flu with headaches, nausea, fatigue and fever.
9.
True
False Currently, there are vaccines for HCV and HBV, but no vaccine for HIV.
10.
True
False When the immune system breaks down, AIDS develops in those with HIV.
11.
True
False The only way to detect HIV, HBV, or HCV is through a blood test.
12.
True
False HBV and HCV can be spread through the air like the flu or a common cold.
13.
True
False BBPs are most often spread through sharing needles or unprotected sex.
14.
True
False If you are exposed to a bloodborne pathogen, you are automatically infected.
15.
True
False Children can be infected with hepatitis at birth.
16.
True
False HBV can live outside the body for only sixteen hours.
17.
True
False HIV can survive outside the body on environmental surfaces for at least one week – and still
ause infection.
18.
True
False BBPs can enter through your bloodstream through acne.
19.
True
False It is possible to be exposed to BBPs if you share a toothbrush with an infected person.
20.
True
False Your facility’s Exposure Control Manual will explain the specific ways you can get exposed to
BBPs at your school.
21.
True
False To follow Standard Precautions, you assume that everyone is infected with a BBP and act
accordingly.
22.
True
False If PPE is damaged, it cannot protect you from exposure to BBPs.
23.
True
False If you have to pick up potentially contaminated sharps like broken glass, wear disposable
gloves.
24.
True
False Dispose of broken glass and sharp objects in a garbage can with a facility-approved plastic
bag.
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