Laserfiche WebLink
a <br />UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS (BSI) <br />2. Definition of Health -Care Workers <br />Health-care workers are defined as <br />trainees, whose activities involve <br />other body substances from patients <br />3. Implementing the BSIS <br />C <br />persons, including students and <br />contact with patients or with blood or <br />in a health-care setting. <br />Since medical history and examination cannot reliably identify all patients <br />infected with HIV/HBV or other blood-borne pathogens, blood and body -fluid <br />precautions (BSI) will be consistently used for ALL patients, by ALL <br />personnel, at ALL times. These precautions will be referred to as BODY <br />SUBSTANCE ISOLATION (BSI). <br />Implementing the BSI System includes, but is not limited to: <br />a. All health-care workers will routinely use appropriate barrier <br />precautions to prevent skin and mucous membrane exposure when contact <br />with blood or other body fluids of any patient is anticipated. <br />Each department crust establish is/her own standards for consistent use <br />of barriers as outlined by the Federal Register. The departrten. will <br />evaluate all working conditions and the specific tasks that workers are <br />expected to encounter. The evaluation will lead to a classification of <br />work-related tasks to one of these categories. These categories are: <br />1) Category I - Tasks that require prolective equipment to be worn <br />urrng the task. (Tasks that involve exposure to blood, body <br />fluids, or tissues). A minimum array of protectice clothing or <br />equipment is required. <br />2) Ca gory II - Intermediate grouping of tasks (tasks that involve no <br />exposure to blood, body fluids or tissues, but worker may need to <br />perform unplanned Category I tasks). There should,be ready access <br />to appropriate equipment. <br />3) Category III - Tasks that do not require any protective equipment. <br />asksthat involve no exposure to blood, body fluids or tissues <br />and Category I tasks are not performed by worker. <br />A reminder sign for use of specific barriers will be placed in <br />appropriate areas. <br />b. Gloves <br />Gloves on both hands will be worn when contact with blood and body <br />fluids, mucous membranes, or non -intact skin of all patients is <br />anticipated; for handling items or surfaces -soiled with blood or body <br />fluids; and for performing venipuncture and other vascular access <br />procedures. Gloved protect the hands frow soilage by body substances, <br />keep body substances from beneath fingernails, and protect the care- <br />giver fron localized infections such as herpetic whitlow. <br />