04-12-2019 - Bloodborne Pathogen Training - Decatur, IL

Why Should You Take This Bloodborne Pathogen Training course?

A blood-borne disease is one that can be spread through contamination by blood. The most common examples are HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C and viral hemorrhagic fevers.

Exposure to blood-borne pathogens in the workplace is a serious threat to worker safety. Since it is difficult to determine what pathogens any given blood contains, and some blood-borne diseases are lethal, standard medical practice regards all blood (and any body fluid) as potentially infectious. To combat this threat, federal regulations require the preparation of an exposure control plan (ECP). This course provides information that will help minimize serious health risks to people who may potentially be exposed to blood and other potentially infectious materials.

This Bloodborne Pathogen Training program will provide students with the essential knowledge necessary to help reduce or eliminate the occupational risk of exposure to bloodborne pathogens. The goal of the course is to help students understand the risks and develop behaviors that will help protect them when they are exposed to blood or other potentially infectious materials. 

Who Is The Targeted Audience For This Course?

• Persons involved in administering healthcare
• Emergency medical/first aid response
• Personnel responsible for cleaning of healthcare areas, equipment or devices
• Any other occupation likely exposed to human blood or body fluids.

Learning Objectives:

• Define bloodborne pathogens and symptoms of bloodborne diseases
• Specify the purpose of the company's Written Exposure Control Plan
• Identify different modes of transmission of bloodborne pathogens
• Recognize tasks and activities that may involve exposure to blood and other potentially infectious materials
• Identify standard precautions, appropriate engineering controls, work practices, and PPE to prevent exposure
• Specify the proper type, location, use, handling, decontamination and disposal of PPE
• Specify emergency procedures for incidents involving potentially infectious materials
  
• Specify the procedures to follow if an exposure incident occurs

Primary Regulations: 

1. Explain the epidemiology and symptoms of bloodborne diseases; 1910.1030(g)(2)(vii)(B)

2. Explain the modes of transmission of bloodborne pathogens; 1910.1030(g)(2)(vii)(C)

3. Explain the employer's exposure control plan and how to obtain a copy of the written plan; 1910.1030(g)(2)(vii)(D)

4. Recognize tasks and activities that may involve exposure to blood and other potentially infectious materials; 1910.1030(g)(2)(vii)(E)