METHODS OF COMPLIANCE

COMMUNICATION OF HAZARDS TO EMPLOYEES

• Signs & Labels

- Biohazard Sign - Warning Labels - MSDS

UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS

• Treat all human body fluids as if they are known to be infectious.

• Assume that all patients have disease

WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN

• Has to be exposed to a Pathogen or disease causing organism

• Route of entry-eyes, nose, mouth, skin

• Has to have enough of the organism

• Has to have a weakened immune system

WORKPLACE PRACTICES

• Hand washing• Cleaning &

Decontamination of Spills

• Cleaning & Disenfecting of Equipment & Surfaces

• Infectious Waste• Clothing• Needles & Sharps

Containers• Vehicles

WORKPLACE PRACTICE CONTROLS

• Wash hands and any exposed skin with regular soap and Hot H20 ASAP after removal of PPE or following any contact of body areas with blood or other infectious materials

• Flush Mucous Membranes with H20

• Contaminated Needles are never bent or recapped

EATING, DRINKING, SMOKING, APPLYING COSMETICS OR LIP BALM AND HANDLING CONTACT LENSES IS PROHIBITED IN WORK AREAS WHERE

THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR BLOOD BORNE EXPOSURE

ENGINEERING CONTROLS• Gloves, Gowns, Masks, Eye

Protection

• Hand washing Facilities

• Self Sheathing Needles

• Sharps Containers

• Specimen Containers

• N95 Particulate TB Masks

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

• Gloves

• Gowns

• Masks

• Pocket Masks

• Face Protection

CLEANING SCHEDULE

• Equipment that contacts mucous membranes: 10:1 Bleach Solution with warm water, then EPA Registered Sterilant

• Equipment with VISIBLE Blood or Body Fluids: 10:1 Bleach solution, then EPA Registered Germicide with Tuberculoidal Properties

• Surface or Equipment without Visible blood or fluids: 10:1 Bleach Solution with warm water