Download Body Fluids and - Uintah School District

USD Guidelines for
Handling Body Fluids in
School
• The following guidelines are meant to
provide effective precautions against
transmission of disease for all persons
potentially exposed to the blood or body
fluids of any student.
• No distinction is made between body fluids
from students with a known disease or those
from students without symptoms or with an
undiagnosed disease.
The body fluids of all persons should be
considered to be potentially infectious.
Contact with body fluids presents a risk of
infection with a variety of germs; however the
risk of infection is very low and dependent on a
variety of factors including the type of contact
made with the body fluid.
• The following table provides examples of
particular organisms that may occur in body
fluids of children and the respective
transmission concerns. Transmission of
communicable diseases is more likely to
occur from contact with infected body fluids
of unrecognized carriers than from contact
with fluids from recognized individuals
because simple precautions are not taken.
Body Fluid
Source
Blood
* Cuts/abrasions
* nosebleeds
* menses
* Contaminated
needles
Organism of
Concern
Hepatitis B virus
HIV
Cytomegalovirus
HCV
Transmission
Concern
Blood stream
inoculation
through
cuts &
abrasions on
hands
Direct blood stream
inoculation
Body Fluid
Source
Organism of
Concern
Feces **
Salmonella bacteria
* Incontinence
Shigella bacteria
Rotavirus
Hepatitis A
Transmission
Concern
Oral inoculation
from hands
Body Fluid
Source
Organism of
Concern
Urine **
Cytomegalovirus
* Incontinence
Transmission
Concern
Bloodstream &
oral inoculation
from contaminated
hands
Body Fluid
Source
Respiratory
Organism of
Concern
Mononucleosis virus
Transmission
Concern
Oral inoculation
secretions
Common Cold virus
from contaminated *
Saliva
Influenza virus
hands
* Nasal discharge
Body Fluid
Source
Vomitus **
Organism of
Concern
Gastrointestinal
Virus, e.g.
Norwalk agent
Rotavirus
Transmission
Concern
Oral Inoculation
from contaminated
hands
Body Fluid
Source
Semen
Organism of
Concern
Hepatitis B
HIV
Gonorrhea
Transmission
Concern
Sexual Contact
(intercourse)
** Possible transmission of HIV and Hepatitis B and C is of little
concern from these sources.
To access more information regarding
how to avoid contact with body
fluids, along with how to respond to
contamination by body fluids, see
Uintah School District Policy:
007.0715