Bloodborne Pathogens For Nonhealthcare Settings

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Bloodborne Pathogens For Nonhealthcare Settings

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Hospitals and health care facilities have a great deal of

practice at handling incidents where employees may be

exposed to bloodborne pathogens. However, if you're not

working in a health care setting, chances are your employees

aren't as experienced in bloodborne pathogen incidents.

Here are some tips to help prevent exposure incidents at

your facility:

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Bloodborne Pathogens For Nonhealthcare Settings

Copyright © 2010 Rathi Niyogi

CriticalTool, Inc.

http://www.criticaltool.com/

Hospitals and health care facilities have a great deal of

practice at handling incidents where employees may be exposed to

bloodborne pathogens. However, if you're not working in a health

care setting, chances are your employees aren't as experienced

in bloodborne pathogen incidents. Here are some tips to help

prevent exposure incidents at your facility:

* Make sure all employees have been trained to recognize what is

(or is not) a bloodborne pathogen exposure and what to do to

protect themselves to prevent exposure.

* Make PPE readily available. First aid kits should, at a

minimum, include a pair of gloves. If PPE for clean up (masks,

aprons, goggles, face shields, etc.) isn't regularly used at

your facility, make sure that you have at least one complete set

on site. Notify supervisors where the cleanup PPE is located and

attach a label inside first aid kits that indicates the location

of the PPE.

* Provide anyone who will have responsibility for cleaning up

after a bloodborne pathogen incident with appropriate training

(including cleaning of tools-brooms, mops, scoops-used in clean

up). Because employees are not likely to use these skills often,

place a laminated sheet with cleanup instructions in your first

aid kits as reminders.

* Ensure that you have appropriate disinfectant available for

clean up (generally, you'll find that you have an

" appropriate " disinfectant, like bleach, among your janitorial

supplies so you don't necessarily have to buy something

special). Also, make sure that the disinfectant is accessible

(e.g., if it's kept in the janitor's closet, someone on every

shift has access to the closet and not just the janitor on the

night shift).

* Identify how you will store and dispose of waste from the

incident that cannot go into the trash.

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