Bloodborne Pathogens Training For Cleaning Personnel

OSHA Compliant Online Safety Training for Cleaning Companies

As a cleaning service employer, bloodborne pathogens training is crucial to the health and well being of your employees. Every day janitors and housekeepers are exposed to dangerous and deadly bloodborne pathogens through contaminated sharps and splash exposures. The United States Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reports that every year health care workers, janitors, and housekeepers experience between 600,000 and 800,000 exposures to blood.

Unfortunately, anything can happen in a workplace environment—accidents, injury, illness. It is imperative that your cleaning personnel understand the risks and hazards of being exposed to human blood and other bodily fluids/matter—that sometimes isn't even visible to the human eye—and that they know how to protect themselves. This training module will define bloodborne pathogens, occupational exposures, and safe work practices. In addition, this module will touch on key points associated with bloodborne pathogens, infectious diseases, and noroviruses.

Included in this OSHA Compliant, online training program are the following topics:

• Definitions
• Occupational Exposure To Bloodborne Pathogens; Needlestick And Other Sharps Injuries
• Bloodborne Pathogens
• What Is An Exposure?
• OSHA's Definition Of An Occupational Exposure
• Common Causes Of Exposure
• Exposure Statistics
• An Occupational Exposure Is An Acute Health Hazard
• Potentially Infectious Bodily Fluids
• OSHA Defined Potentially Infectious Materials
• Fluids And Materials Not Considered Potentially Infectious Unless They Contain Blood
• Infectious Agents & Bloodborne Pathogens
• Who Is At High Risk Of Exposure?
• What Other Occupations Are At A High Risk?
• What Is A Needlestick Injury?
• Types Of Wounds That May Result From A Needlestick Injury
• What Is Not Considered A Needlestick Or Sharps Injury
• Preventing Transmission Of Bloodborne Pathogens
• Three Serious Workplace Transmittable Diseases
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
• Body Fluids Of Most Concern For HIV Transmission
• Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
• Hepatitis B
• Hepatitis C
• Occupational Exposures
• Noroviruses
• Signs And Symptoms Of Norovirus Infection
• Laundry
• Recommended Engineering Controls For Injury Prevention
• Engineered Sharps Injury Protections
• Needleless Engineered Controls
• Sharps Containers
• Biohazard Identification
• Sign and Label Requirements
• Housekeeping: Housekeeping Is Everyone's Responsibility
• Administrative Controls: Work Practices To Control Disease Transmission
• Safe Work Practices
• Discarded Feminine Hygiene Products
• Safe Handling Of Fluids And Materials
• Disposing Of, And Picking Up Blood-Saturated Items
• Use Barriers: Personal Protective Equipment
• Inhalation
• Droplets
• Infectious Diseases That Can Result From Droplets
• Wearing a Respirator Can Reduce The Risk
• Purifying And Air Supplying Respirators
• Respirator Sizes, Ratings, & Efficiencies
• N95
• Latex Seals
• When It Comes To Respiratory Safety...
• Prohibited Acts
• In The Event Of An Exposure
• Post Exposure
• Medical Records
• Declination Statement
• Needlestick Or Sharps Injury Recordkeeping
• OSHA Form 300
• Sharps Injury Log
• Cleaning Up Blood Spills
• PPE To Consider For Blood Spills And Cleanup
• Safety Training Requirements