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OSHA Regulations <br />To protect you and other employees who may be exposed to <br />bloodborne pathogens, OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health <br />Administration) created specific regulations. The rest of this booklet <br />describes how you and your employer can use these rules to help <br />ensure your safety on the job. The key elements of the regulations <br />include an exposure control plan universal precautions engineering <br />controls, and work practice controls. <br />Exposure Control Pian <br />Your employer's exposure control plan is a <br />document that describes when or where an <br />exposure could occur, universal precautions, <br />exposure reporting procedures, and training <br />requirements. You have the right to see that <br />plan at any time. Ask your supervisor for <br />more information. <br />Universal Precautions <br />The idea behind universal precautions is <br />simple but effective: Since you don't always <br />know whose blood is carrying infectious <br />germs, treat all blood and certain body fluids <br />as potentially infectious. To help you avoid <br />bloodborne hazards, OSHA requires protective <br />controls, including the following: <br />Having the proper <br />equipment and <br />using it correctly <br />are important <br />aspects of the <br />OSHA regulatio`n`s:, <br />Engineering controls, such as safely mount- Work practice controls, such as avoiding <br />ed sharps containers, are your company's contact with blood, are ways that you 6' <br />technological means of isolating or removing can perform your job more safely to <br />hazards from the workplace to reduce your prevent exposure to bloodborne pathogens <br />exposure to blood (see page 8). (see pages 9-11). <br />7 <br />