Bloodbome Pathogen Standard

This book wfil help you comply with the OSHA bloodbome pathogens standard, ft includes guidance in setting up a bloodborne pathogens program, writing an exposure control plan, and training employees. 

Workers who work with items possibly contaminated with diseases communicable to humans, including tissue, fluids, fecal materials, and equipment which has come into contact with any of these, should be offered appropriate immunizations, if safe effective vaccines are available. Tetanus shots are recommended for all who work with animals, while those who work with wild animals should be ofleied rabies vaccinations. A preemployment medical examination is mandatory and should include medical and work histories. Periodic examinations may be desirable and should be considered. Any worker who may come into contact with human or primate tissue, blood, and fluids must receive training to meet the standards of the OSHA bloodbome pathogen standard and be offered shots for Hepatitis-B. 

If it is reasonably anticipated that employees will be exposed to blood or other potentially infectious materials while using first aid supplies, employers are required to provide appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in compliance with the provisions of the Occupational Exposure to Bloodbome Pathogens standard, Sec. 1910.1030(d) (3) (56 FR 64175). This standard lists appropriate PPE for this type of exposure, such as gloves, gowns, face shields, masks, and eye protection. 

E. The OSHA Bloodbome Pathogen Standard Infection from Work with Human Specimens... 

The employer shall make available the HBV vaccine to aU employees who have occupational exposures. The vaccinations shall be made available to the employee at no cost to the employee at a reasonable time and place. The vaccinations shall be performed by or under the supervision of a hcensed physician or by or under the supervision of another licensed health care professional. The health care professional responsible for the vaccinations must be given a copy of the bloodbome pathogen standard. Any tests must be done by an accredited laboratory at no cost to the employee. 

Provide the healthcare professional designated by the employer to implement this part of the standard with a copy of the Bloodbome Pathogens standard. 

Dietary employees can experience exposure to respiratory and bloodbome hazards when required to take dietary trays to patients. Exposure to infectious materials may also occur when handling red-bagged contaminated food trays that come from isolation rooms to the kitchen to be sterilized. Universal precautions consida aU human blood and OPIMs as infectious. The OSHA bloodbome pathogen standard requires workers exposed to blood and OPIMs to wear PPE such as gloves, masks, and gowns. 

Precautions Compartment 6 contains 75 iL of 10 N NaOH avoid contact skin irritant rinse contacted area with water. Comply With OSHA s Bloodbome Pathogens Standard While Handling Biological Samples (29 CFR 1910.1039). 

Use your medical provider in the development and presentation of health training and other activities that include various measures, such as OSHA s Bloodbome Pathogens standard. Refer to Chapter 14 and OSHA Publication 2254 (revised 1992), Training Requirements in OSHA Standards and Training Guidelines. ... 

Does the employee training program on the bloodbome pathogens standard contain the following... 

It is the employer s responsibility to establish procedure for evaluating exposure incidents. When evaluating an exposure incident, thorough assessment and confidentiality are critical issues. At the time of the exposru e incident, the exposed employee must be directed to a health care professional. The employer must provide the health care professional with a copy of the bloodbome pathogens standard, a description of the employee s job duties as they relate to the incident, a report of the specific exposure (accident report), including route of exposure, and relevant employee medical records, including hepatitis B vaccination status. 

In addition, under the bloodbome pathogens standard, medical records also must include the following information ... 

The bloodbome pathogens standard also requires you to maintain and to keep accurate training records. Training records are not considered to be confidential and may be stored onsite where they are easily accessible. They must be retained for three years from the training date. Employee training records must include the following ... 

Record all work-related needlestick injuries and cuts from sharp objects that are contaminated with another person s blood or other potentially infectious material (as defined by OSHA s Bloodbome Pathogens standard at 1910.1030). Enter the case on the OSHA 300 Log as an iniury however, to protect the employee s privacy, do not enter the employee s name on the OSHA 300 Log. 

You may use the OSHA 300 and 301 forms to meet the sharps injruy log requirement at 1910.1030(h)(5) in the Bloodbome Pathogens standard. To fulfill this requirement, enter the type and brand of the device causing the sharps injruy on either form and maintain the records in a way that segregates sharps injuries from other types of work-related injuries and illnesses, or allows sharps injruies to be easily separated. 

The records must be kept for each employee covered by the Occupational Exposure of Bloodbome Pathogens Standard. Training records, medical evaluations and treatment are important to the employer in determining vaccination status and follow-up involving exposure. 

All healthcare personnel with potential exposure to blood, blood-contaminated body fluids, other body fluids, or sharps should receive a vaccination. Administer the hepatitis B vaccine using the intramuscular route in the deltoid muscle. The OSHA Bloodbome Pathogens standard requires employers to offer the hepatitis B vaccine free of charge to all potentially exposed employees within 10 days of hire. Administer post-exposure prophylaxis with hepatitis B immunoglobulin (passive immunization) and/or vaccine (active immunization) when indicated after per-cutaneous or mucous membrane exposure to blood known or suspected to contain hepatitis B. Needle-stick or other percutaneous exposures of unvaccinated persons should lead to initiation of the hepatitis B vaccine series. HBV vaccination requirements are as follows ... 

Occupational exposure to bloodbome pathogens standards published to prevent more than... 

As mandated by the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act, OSHA revised its bloodbome pathogens standard to clarify the need for employers to select safer needle devices. 

However, it only took 3 years to get a new regnlation passed covering lift-slab construction after the collapse of L Ambience Plaza in Bridgeport, CT, where 28 workers died. In addition, only a short period of time lapsed in getting the bloodbome pathogen standard passed when people were scared to death of HIV (AIDS) and hepatitis B virns (HBV). 

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