Bloodborne Pathogens Training Must Be Provided Every 3 Years

What is prohibited in a work area if there is a reasonable risk of exposure to OPIM

Stands for other potentially infectious material

The disposal of needles required putting the contaminated needles into a ...

Is needed for protection against a hazard

_________ may not be washed and re-used.

PPE must be used...

Employee medical records may not be disclosed without __________.

An acceptable sharps container is...

The use of _______ is an acceptable seal for a sharps container cover.

Facilities that handle _______________ must have sharps containers available.

Regulated waste must be labeled with a ...

Transmission of HIV can occur through contact with....

Blood borne pathogen training must be provided _______, or sooner if work practices change or new equipment is available

HIV infection cant be easily determined by the symptoms and has an incubation period of...

Post exposure treatment for HBV infection may include the use of _________.

An infection caused by a virus that attacks the liver and leads to inflammation. Those infected usually don't have symptoms and don't know they have it until liver damage shows up during routine medical tests.

Using sharps containers properly is an example of......

Following universal precautions, using work practice controls, and using engineering controls are all part of principle strategies used to __________________ to blood borne pathogens.

An employer's _______________ must be discussed with the employee before the employee engages in tasks that pose an occupational exposure risk, include a procedure for evaluating circumstances of an exposure incident, and include a list of job classifications with the potential for exposure.

An approach to infection control to treat all human blood and certain human body fluids as if they were known to be infectious for HIV, HBV and other blood borne pathogens

Includes HIV, HCV, and HBV

Infection with hepatitis may include symptoms of...

Inflammation of the liver

Infection with HIV is detected by tests for ______ in the blood.

An _____________ is an effort to design safety into the tools and workspace

Personal protective equipment includes items such as...

Practices define blood and all body substances as infectious.

____ vaccination requires 3 doses over a 6 month period

The hepatitis B vaccine is 96% effective after how many doses?

What is the most effective means of preventing the spread of infection?

Can only be transmitted from an infected person to another through direct contact of bodily fluids such as: blood, semen, etc...

_____________________ for HBV infection may include the use of HBV vaccine and immune globulin

Procedures that reduce the likelihood of exposure by altering the way in which a task is performed (ex: prohibiting mouth pipetting and recapping of needles)

What are the 4 principal strategies used to prevent or reduce exposure to blood borne pathogens?

Methods that are built into the design of a plant, equipment or process to minimize the hazard. A very reliable way to control worker exposures as long as the controls are designed, used and maintained properly.

This is spread when blood, semen, or other infected body fluids enter the body of a person who is not infected. People can become infected with the virus during activities such as: Birth (from mother to child) & sex with an infected partner.

A virus that attacks the immune system, the body's natural defense system. Without a strong immune system, the body has trouble fighting off disease. White blood cells are an important part of the immune system.

The basic level of infection control that should be used in the care of all patients all of the time.

Additional infection control precautions in health care, and the latest routine infection prevention and control practices applied for patients who are known or suspected to be infected with infectious agents, including certain epidemiologically important pathogens.