Fdoh Bloodborne Pathogens Section 1

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Human immunodeficiency virus(HIV), Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C

Nurses, Doctors, MA's, Front office personnel, Housekeeping, and Patients

needle sticks

Treat all human blood and certain body fluids as if they are infectious

-Sharps disposal container -self-sheathing needles

-Prohibiting recapping needles -Don not bend or break sharps -Washing hands -no food or smoking areas

-Gloves -Gown -Eye protection

Red

Hepatitis B vaccination

Wash exposed area with soap and water Flush splashes to nose, mouth, or skin with water Irrigate eyes with water or saline Report the exposure Direct the worker to a healthcare professional

YES

-written plan reviewed annually -hard copy provided to all employees -must contain a wast management section -Must contain hazardous materiel section

An organism that is present everywhere in the environment that causes disease. Some are strict pathogens and some are our normal flora that resides in our bodies that turn pathogenic

Viruses, bacteria, protozoa, fungi, rickettsiae

Viruses

Virus. Cuases chicken pox and shingles

Virus. Causes oral and genital herpes

Virus. blood borne

Virus. Food borne

Virus. Causes common cold

Virus. causes genital warts

Virus. causes AIDs

Virus. all viral illnesses

Virus. cause the flu

Bacteria. Causes whooping cough

Bacteria. Causes skin infection and abscesses

Bacterial. Causes strep throat

Bacterial. Causes dysentery

Bacterial. Sexually transmitted infection

Protozoa. Sexually transmitted

Protozoa. Food borne/ water borne

Protozoa. Mosquito borne

Fungi. causes oral thrush and vaginal yeast infection

Fungi. Causes nail and skin infection

Rickettsiae: spread by vectors

Moist, nutrition source and the correct temp. Human pathogens like to live at body temperature not extreme temps.

-Infectious agent is present in a reservoir which find themselves entering the human host via a portal of entry -cause disease -shed a portal of exit to another human by direct contact or via indirect route via fomite

Place where pathogen resides (host or source: soil, water, contaminated surfaces, humans)

GI tract of beavers and wild animals so its present in fresh water

Skin of humans

GI tract of animals and humans

GI tract of chickens

Blood and body fluids of infected humans

Throat, mouth, and nasal secretion

Stool

Respiratory Secretion

ticks, mosquito, rodents

computer keyboards, door handles, phones

Red, swelling, pain, heat

UTI from catheters

develops rapid, goes away rapid, usually severe

Develops slowly, goes away slowly, takes a long time to become severe

Viruses. Particularly the hepatitis, HIV, and herpes viruses

-detail how an employer will use PPE -training -Hep B vaccine -recording of OCC injuries -post exposure follow up -labeling hazards, -engineer controls -sharps injury log

CSF, mucus, synovial, pleura, pericardial, peritoneal, amniotic, blood, vaginal secretions, saliva, wound drainage, tissue, cells, exudates

Wash hands

replace when 2/3 full

Protecting cross contamination

cleaning outside of bloody vaccutainer tube, using gloves, bio hazard containers

sterile techniques because of skin puncture

Everything that comes in contact must be sterile, gloves, drapes, medicines

the absence of bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms.

cleaning that decreases microorganisms and cleans soil before sterilization

Rinse with hot water, open hinges

cleansing that kills pathogenic organisms (not spores and certain viruses)

1:10 dilution of bleach

destruction of all microbial life and spores

autoclave, 120C for 20 minutes

Material Safety Data Sheet

infectious, hazardous ingredients, fire and explosion data, how to dispose, health hazard

Red: flammable Yellow: reactivity Blue: health White: specific hazards

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