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0 <br /> DELTA HEALTH CARE <br /> OSHA BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES <br /> Summary of Key Provisions <br /> PURPOSE: Limits occupational exposure to blood and other potentially infectious materials <br /> since any exposure could result in transmission of bloodborne pathogens which could lead to <br /> disease or death. <br /> SCOPE: Covers all employees who could be "reasonably anticipated" as the result of <br /> performing their job duties to face contact with blood and other potentially infectious materials. <br /> OSHA has not attempted to list all occupations where exposures could occur. "Good Samaritan" <br /> acts such as assisting a co-worker with a nosebleed would not be considered occupational <br /> exposure. <br /> Infectious materials include semen, vaginal secretions,cerebrospinal fluid, synovial fluid,pleural <br /> fluid, pericardial fluid, amniotic fluid, saliva in dental procedures, any body fluid visibly <br /> contaminated with blood and all body fluids in situations where it is difficult or impossible to <br /> differentiate between body fluids. They also include any unfixed tissue or organ other than <br /> intact skin from a human (living or dead) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) containing <br /> cell or tissue cultures, organ cultures and HIV or hepatitis B (HBV)-containing culture medium <br /> or other solutions as well as blood, organs or other tissues from experimental animals infected <br /> with HIV or HBV. <br /> EXPOSURE CONTROL PLAN: Requires employers to identify, in writing, tasks and <br /> procedures as well as job classifications where occupational exposure to blood occurs...without <br /> regard to personal protective clothing or equipment. It must also set forth the schedule for <br /> implementing other provisions of the standard and specify the procedure for evaluating <br /> circumstances surrounding exposure incidents. The plan must be accessible to employees and <br /> available to OSHA. Employers must review and update it at least annually...more often if <br /> necessary to accommodate workplace changes. <br /> METHODS OF COMPLIANCE: Mandates universal precautions (treating body <br /> fluids/materials as if infectious) emphasizing_ en ig neenng and workrau ctice controls. The <br /> standard stresses handwashing and requires employers to provide facilities and ensure that <br /> employees use them following exposure to blood. Its sets forth procedures to minimize <br /> needlesticks, minimize splashing and spraying of blood, ensure appropriate packaging of <br /> specimens and regulated wastes and decontaminate equipment or label it as contaminated before <br /> shipping to servicing facilities. <br /> 09MI.194 Page 1 of 3 <br /> Revised 01/94 <br />