OSHA's Bloodborne Pathogens Standard Questions and answers
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OSHA\'s Bloodborne Pathogens Standard
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OSHA\'s Bloodborne Pathogens Standard
OSHA's Bloodborne Pathogens Standard is a regulation that prescribes safeguards to protect workers
against health hazards related to bloodborne pathogens. It has provisions for exposure control plans,
engineering and work practice controls, hepatitis B vaccinations, hazard communication and train...
OSHA's Bloodborne Pathogens
Standard
OSHA's Bloodborne Pathogens Standard is a regulation that prescribes safeguards to protect workers
against health hazards related to bloodborne pathogens. It has provisions for exposure control plans,
engineering and work practice controls, hepatitis B vaccinations, hazard communication and training,
and recordkeeping. The standard imposes requirements on employers of workers who may be exposed
to blood or other potentially infectious materials such as certain tissues and body fluids. What is the
Bloodborne Pathogens Standard? - It's applied to employees who have occupational exposure
(reasonably anticipated job-related contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials). This
standard seeks to prevent serious occupational infections among employees.
OSHA estimates 5.6 million workers are at a high risk of exposure to bloodborne pathogens such as HIV,
Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C. What three bloodborne pathogens are health care workers at an increased
risk of being exposed to?
A. HIV, Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B
B. Measles, Staphylococcus and HIV
C. AIDS, Staphylococcus and Lyme
D. HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C - D. HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C
The start of the Bloodborne Pathogens standard - The Bloodborne Pathogens standard is designed
to protect the Nation's workers, particularly health care workers, from exposure to the Hepatitis B Virus
(HBV) and the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), and other bloodborne pathogens. The
development of this standard by OSHA took more than five years, beginning with close cooperation on
the development of a proposed standard with the Centers for Disease Control, Department of Health
and Human Services. It was put into place in December of 1991.
Provide information and training to workers - Employers must ensure that their workers receive
regular training that covers all elements of the standard including, but not limited to: information on
bloodborne pathogens and diseases, methods used to control occupational exposure, hepatitis B
vaccine, and medical evaluation and post-exposure follow-up procedures.
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