HBIH 9610 – Bloodborne Pathogens:
An Ounce of Prevention
Overview
Blood is the most important fluid in the human body. Blood carries oxygen
and nutrients throughout the body, making life possible. However, blood can
sometimes transmit diseases—diseases that can take life away.
Today's headlines often concern diseases such as Hepatitis B and HIV, the
virus that carries AIDS. These diseases are caused by bloodborne pathogens;
disease-causing micro-organisms that are transmitted through blood and other
bodily fluids.
Because of the serious nature of bloodborne pathogens, it's important that
employees understand what they are, how they are transmitted, and how
employees can protect themselves.
This training teaches your workers what bloodborne pathogens are, the
elements of your Exposure Control Plan, how to use universal precautions, how
to use personal protective equipment, and how to properly cleanup after an
accident in which blood is present.
Thirty interactions help bring the training content to life and reliably
assess your worker's understanding of the material. As with all Mastery
Advantage courses, automatic reviews provide the remedial instruction your
workers need to master 100% of the training's learning objectives.
Topics
The course presents interactive instruction covering the
following topical areas:
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Understanding Bloodborne Pathogens
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Defining bloodborne pathogens
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Transmitting bloodborne pathogens
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Chance of infection
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Facts about HIV
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Facts about HBV
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Facts about HCV
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The Exposure Control Plan
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The OSHA standard
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The written plan
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Contents of the plan
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Training
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HBV vaccinations
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Exposure incidents
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Using Universal Precautions
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Personal Protective Equipment
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Wearing PPE
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Gloves
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Eye protection
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Protecting the nose and mouth
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Protective clothing
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Removing PPE
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PPE disposal
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Personal hygiene
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Housekeeping
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Clean up procedures
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Waste disposal
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Performance
Objectives
This course will measure mastery on each of the following
performance objectives:
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Adequately assess bloodborne pathogen hazards.
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Define Bloodborne Pathogens.
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Agree that Hepatitis B is easier to contract
than HIV.
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Identify how infected blood or body fluids
can enter the bloodstream.
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Select activities that present potential risk
of exposure to bloodborne diseases.
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Comply with the exposure control plan.
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State the reasons for an Exposure Control
Plan.
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Identify the elements in an Exposure Control
Plan.
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Identify employees who should receive a
Hepatitis B vaccine.
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Identify the need to be vaccinated within 24
hours after exposure to Hepatitis B if a pre-exposure vaccination
did not take place.
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Use post-exposure follow-up procedures.
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Define an exposure incident.
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List proper procedures to follow when an
exposure incident occurs.
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Use universal precautions.
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Define universal precautions.
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Choose the proper precautions to take in a
given injury response situation.
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Use protective equipment to prevent exposure.
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Name gloves as the personal protective
equipment used during any emergency response where blood is
present.
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List possible types of protective equipment.
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Describe the protection latex gloves provide.
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Decide what to do in situations where latex
gloves could be punctured or torn.
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Identify the purpose of a pocket mask with a
one-way valve.
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Properly handle contaminated PPE.
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Describe how to remove contaminated gloves.
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Identify when gloves should be thrown away.
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Use proper personal hygiene to protect yourself.
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Agree to wash all exposed skin when exposed
to blood or body fluids.
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Recognize the abrasive action of scrubbing as
a way to remove skin contaminants.
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Clean and decontaminate exposed surfaces
properly.
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Recognize one part bleach to ten parts water
as a common disinfectant for contaminated surfaces.
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Agree that personal protective equipment
should be worn whenever cleaning or decontaminating infected or
potentially infected surfaces.
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Properly dispose of blood and bodily fluids.
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Agree to never pick up contaminated sharp
objects with gloved or ungloved hands.
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Distinguish both red-colored and
biohazard-labeled containers as exclusive means of disposing
potentially infectious or contaminated materials.
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Explain the purpose of biohazard containers.
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