Bloodborne Pathogen Awareness Program

Understand how you can create a safe and healthy work environment by minimizing the possibility of exposure to bloodborne pathogens.

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What is Bloodborne Pathogens Standard

Knowing about bloodborne pathogen standards is essential for all healthcare workers. This is because accidental or incidental exposure to bloodborne pathogens can endanger your life. This includes the risk of contracting deadly Hepatitis B and HIV viruses. There are 25 known bloodborne pathogens, including malaria, syphilis, Hepatitis B and C and HIV viruses.

Unfortunately, for healthcare workers contracting bloodborne pathogens is an occupational hazard. The risk is highest for those who draw blood, analyze blood and other body fluids, and handle contaminated equipment.

The bloodborne pathogen standards are key to reducing these risks. Learning about these standards can help you learn about these pathogens, the risks, and how to safeguard yourself from infection.

Bloodborne pathogens can potentially cause serious illness such as viral hepatitis and compromised immunity to many diseases. Bloodborne Pathogen standards (BPS) are designed for those workers who are at risk of contracting such diseases through bloodborne pathogens.

As you go through this course, first, we’ll introduce you to the bloodborne pathogens standards. Then, we’ll look at the three deadliest pathogens, you should be worried about – HBV, HCV, and HIV.

You’ll also learn about exposure control plans and why you need to have one. Next, you’ll learn about post exposure management, including how to respond to a potential exposure. And lastly, we’ll look at the primary and universal precautions that you need to take.

Course Description

What you’ll learn

• What are the bloodborne pathogens that endanger health at the workplace
• Signs and symptoms of HBV, HCV, and HIV
• Primary precautions to prevent exposure
• Exposure control plan
• Engineering and work practice controls to prevent exposure
• How to respond to potential exposure
• Your responsibilities when you encounter a blood spill

Curriculum

1. Introduction to bloodborne pathogen standards
2. What are bloodborne pathogens?
3. Introduction to HBV, HCV, & HIV
4. What is Hepatitis B virus? 
5. HBV Characteristics
6. What is Hepatitis C virus?  
7. HCV Characteristics
8. HCV and healthcare employee
9. HIV (AIDS) characteristics
10. HBV/HBC/HIV at a glance
11. Exposure control plan for bloodborne pathogens
12. Focus of ECP 
13. How to develop your ECP
14. How relevant is your ECP
15. ECP review and upgradation
16. Administrative controls for bloodborne pathogens
17. Engineering controls for bloodborne pathogens
18. Work practice controls for bloodborne pathogens
19. Personal protective equipment for bloodborne pathogens
20. Recordkeeping under BPS
21. Control chart approach under BPS
22. Post exposure management
23. Handling exposure – Immediate
24. Handling exposure – Promptly enough
25. Standard/Universal precautions
26. What are standard precautions?
27. Aspects of standard precautions?

Who Should Attend?

• Healthcare workers
• First responders
• Paramedics
• Short term and long term Care providers  
• Nursing assistants

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