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ozarks bum
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ozarks bum asked in Science & MathematicsMedicine · 10 years ago

Blood Borne Pathogens in the non medical workplace?

OSHA has tons of guidelines for handling blood borne pathogens, such as spilled blood, for medical facilities. I profess I haven't had time to look through every OSHA reg on this topic, but I am looking for safe handling of spilled blood from lacerations, cuts, nosebleeds, etc., in the normal workplace. Any references out there that someone may know of? This is for a safety manual in small business with 40 or so employees.

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  • adian919
    10 years ago
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    You can take a short online course for a small fee and learn everything you need to know in a couple hours. This course is OSHA-accepted and gets you a certificate at the end of the training. http://usfosha.com/bloodborne-pathogens-certificat...

    Source(s): http://usfosha.com/bloodborne-pathogens-certificat...
  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    SafetySkills offers an online safety training course of Bloodborne Pathogens for any workplace. The course is about 30 minutes long and has questions in between each section of the course and a printable certificate of completion for each learner. The course complies with OSHA regulation 29 CFR 1910.1030. In the course you will learn about how to identify bloodborne diseases and illnesses, the basics of exposure prevention and incident cleanup. The link for the course is - http://safetyskills.com/occupational-health-and-sa...

    Source(s): http://safetyskills.com/
  • ?
    10 years ago

    Wear gloves when cleaning up any blood products. make a solution of 10% bleach and water. 1 cup bleach to 9 cups water, and wipe down any contaminated areas. This is what most medical labs and hospitals use. Commercial products are also good but are more expensive.

    Source(s): nurse
  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    Here is a link to a free .pdf document that gives a model exposure control plan that could be used in your situation.

    http://www.freeoshainfo.com/pubpages/Files/bbp/Mod...

    I like using this website because everything is actually free and there are no gimmicks. You don't even have to give your email address.

    Source(s): www.freeoshainfo.com
  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    It depends..

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