Transcript The bloodborne pathogen act

BLOOD BORNE PATHOGEN
TRAINING
2014-2015
Bloodborne pathogen training
• This presentation will
inform you of the
essential components of
the Bloodborne Pathogen
Act, how to keep yourself
safe, what to do if you are
exposed to a hazard, and
a signature page for OSHA
documentation of
training.
Introduction
What’s a bloodborne pathogen?
Safe work place precautions
How do I stay safe?
The bloodborne pathogen act
Evaluate employee activities
• In 1993, OSHA
Develop exposure control plan
decreed that every
employer needed to
Reduce workplace risks
survey employees,
determine which ones
Provide information and training
were at risk for
exposure to blood
because of their jobs, Response for exposure
and develop an
exposure control plan. Recordkeeping
What is a bloodborne
pathogen?
Definition:
• Pathogen (disease causing)
microorganisms that are
present in human blood
and can infect and cause
disease in humans.
• We’re most concerned
about Hepatitis B (HBV)
and HIV (human
immunodeficiency virus)
CHARACTERISTICS OF BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS
HIV
• Attacks immune system
• Modes of transmission
– Sexual contact
– Needle sharing
– Mother to baby
– Other body fluid contact
•
Not vaccine preventable
•
Virus is killed easily outside the
body
Symptoms include weakness,
fever, sore throat, nausea,
headaches, diarrhea, or there
may be no symptoms
HBV
• Attacks liver
• Modes of transmission
– Sexual contact
– Needle sharing
– Mother to baby
– Other body fluid contact
•
Vaccine preventable
•
Virus needs high level of
bactericide to be killed-it
can live in dried blood for 7 days!
Symptoms include fatigue, stomach
pain, loss of appetite, nausea,
jaundice, darkened urine, or there
may be no symptoms.
In the school setting, it is NOT
possible to know who may be a
carrier of any infectious disease.
You must take
UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS while
you are at school that will help
protect you for ALL infectious
diseases.
UNIVERSAL
PRECAUTIONS
are listed on the
following slides:
Avoid punctures with objects that
may contain blood
WASH YOUR HANDS
with soap & running water at
regular times during your work day.
(broken glass, razor blades, diabetes
supplies)
Universal
Precautions
(1/2)
Handle discharges from another
person’s body with gloves, especially
blood.
Wash your hands thoroughly when
you are finished.
Carefully dispose of trash that
contains bloody wastes and sharp
objects. Use plastic lined containers
for blood, and containers that can’t
be broken for the disposal of sharp
objects.
Promptly remove another
person’s blood and body wastes
from your skin by washing with
soap and running water.
Clean surfaces that have blood or
body wastes containing blood on
them with an approved
disinfectant.
Universal
precautions (2/2)
Have a vaccination for protection
from HBV if you are in contact
with developmentally delayed
students.
If you are responsible for
administering first aid, keep
current in instruction as the
course will also tell you how to
keep yourself safe from infection.
So when do I have to
worry ?
• An exposure incident
occurs when someone
else’s blood comes into
contact with your
bloodstream. Intact skin
protects you. That blood
has to get into your
system—either through a
cut in your skin or through
the mucus membranes of
your eyes, nose or mouth
for you to be at risk.
 If
you feel this may have happened to you, please
be sure to tell you supervisor right away, and
contact the school nurse to see what to do next.
 If an exposure occurs, the district will pay for you
to be checked by a physician of your choice, and
also attempt to obtain testing of the student to
whom you were exposed.
 All results are confidential, and are NOT shared
with the District. Only you and your health care
provider know the results of the testing.
When may a Pathogen Exposure Occur in a School
District ?
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Delivery of first aid/health care
Aggressive student behavior
Handling of sharps
Cleanup of blood or body fluids
Medically delegated tasks (suctioning,
respiratory care, blood glucose monitoring)
What to do
for a first aid
incident to
keep yourself
safe
• Use personal protective
equipment.
(gloves, plastic-lined trash, goggles,
etc.)
• Call for assistance, if needed.
• Instruct injured person on
self-care of injury, if ageappropriate.
• Use a barrier (paper towel,
cloth, etc.) in treating injury.
• Dispose of material in plastic
lined container or plastic bag.
• Wash your hands thoroughly.
You are also eligible for free immunization
• Because your job puts you at risk (albeit very minimal) of
contact with student blood, you are also eligible to receive
the Hepatitis B vaccine series, if you haven’t already.
• This is a series of 3 shots over 6 months, and provides over
85% effectiveness against HBV infection.
• Once you’ve completed this tutorial and given the school
nurse your signed certificate, they will contact you about
whether or not you’d like to receive the series.
• Presently, these 3 shots provide lifelong immunity. They’re
administered at our local public health office, 1000 5th
Street, Second floor of the Forestland Annex Building.
To help you decide about the vaccine, here’s some information about Hepatitis B?
Hepatitis B is a liver disease caused by the hepatitis B virus. There are about 700 cases reported
in Minnesota each year.
Anyone can get Hepatitis B, but behaviors that put one at greater risk include drug use with
needle sharing, health care work with a lot of blood exposure, men having sex with men
especially multiple partners, being a resident of a center for the developmentally disabled,
hemodialysis, household contacts of an infected person.
A vaccine to prevent Hepatitis B has been available for several years. It is safe, effective and is
recommended to people in high-risk settings. It is included in present day baby shots, too.
Approximately 6-10% of the US population becomes Hepatitis B carriers.
HBV carriers should follow standard hygiene practices to ensure that close contacts are not
directly contaminated by his or her blood or other body fluids. Infected persons (cases and
carriers) must not share razors, toothbrushes, needles or any other object that may have
become contaminated with blood. Use of latex condoms during sexual activity may reduce
transmission. In addition, susceptible household member, particularly sexual partners,
should be immunized with Hepatitis B vaccine. Infected people must not donate blood and
should inform their dental and medical care providers so that proper precautions can be
followed.
Bloodborne pathogen quiz
True or false……
1.
HIV is the only infectious disease carried by the blood about which
you should be concerned.
2. Everyone who is infected with HBV will have symptoms.
3. HBV can survive on environmental surfaces dried and at room
temperature for at least a week.
4. “Universal precautions” means you consider every person and all
blood and most body fluids to be potentially infectious.
5. If hand washing facilities are not available, the school system will need
to provide another cleaning method.
6. Always wear gloves and use a broom and dust pan to pick up glass and
sharp objects.
7. The key to avoiding infection is to stay away from high risk groups.
8. Only hospital workers need to get HBV vaccination.
9. You can throw infectious waste into any trash container.
10. Contact the school nurse with any bloodborne pathogen questions.
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Minnesota Independent School District 361
Certificate of Completion
Bloodborne Pathogen Training
School Year 2014-2015
1. Please print out this certificate (PAGE 16 ONLY!), sign and date it, and put it into the School Nurse’s box.
2. She will then contact you regarding your eligibility and if you want to receive the HBV vaccine series.
3. Feel free to contact her at any time with questions regarding blood borne pathogens at
[email protected] , or 283-2571, Ext. 131.
I have completed this Bloodborne Pathogen
Tutorial, and know how to get the answers to
any questions I have about it.
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