Bloodborne Pathogens (BBP)
19 min! Run Time
Employees
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of Completion
What you'll learn
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Bloodborne Pathogens (BBP)
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Frequently Asked Questions
To teach what bloodborne pathogens are and the steps workers can take to protect themselves from infectious materials they may encounter on the job.
Even occasional contact with blood or other infectious materials creates risk, covering roles from healthcare and custodial work to maintenance, research, and construction.
Blood and infectious materials can carry diseases that are both deadly and incurable, so brief or infrequent contact still calls for protective knowledge.
Yes, ideal learners include custodians, maintenance staff, research personnel, and construction workers alongside healthcare workers who face similar exposure risk.
Apply the protective steps covered in the course whenever job duties bring possible contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials.
If your job duties include even occasional contact with blood or other infectious materials, you are at risk for contracting potentially deadly, incurable diseases. Take this course to learn what bloodborne pathogens are and how you can protect yourself from them. Ideal learners include anyone who may be exposed to blood or other potentially infectious materials, including healthcare workers, custodians, maintenance staff, research personnel and construction workers.
Course Objectives:
Recall what bloodborne pathogens are;Recognize symptoms and treatments for hepatitis B, hepatitis C and the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV);Identify how bloodborne pathogens are transmitted;Remember to assume that all blood and other potentially infectious materials (OPIM) are contaminated and handle them accordingly;Recall safe handling procedures for blood and OPIM;Recall emergency procedures for blood or OPIM exposure
Duration: 19 min.