Bloodborne pathogen training

OSHA compliant training is required under section 1910, which deals with toxic and hazardous substances. This is required if you may anticipate being in contact with human blood during your normal on the job functions. This training is required for healthcare workers, tattoo artist, and any other workers who may come in contact with: human blood, bodliy fluids, and other potentially infectious materials (OPIM). Other potentially infectious materials include synovial fluid, saliva, unfixed body tissue, etc.

The intial part of your training will cover how to identify what is considered to be a bloodborne pathogen, along with some examples as well. These pathogens can be transmitted from one person to another in environments such as your workplace.

Bloodborne pathogen training helps staff understand the risk with certain bloodborne diseases such as Hepatitis B (HBV), Hepatitis C, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV/AIDS), etc.

The purpose of this training is to protect you along with those around you as well. Learning how to prevent, and contain infections is extremely vital with the spread of diseases and bacteria which is resistant to certain antibiotics.

Part of your training curriculum agenda will require protecting yourself with adequate safety gear such as the using of gloves, masks, face shields, goggles, aprons and other ppe (personal protective equipment). The other part of protecting yourself includes following good personal hygiene habits such as handwashing, and avoiding contact with food after certain activities.

Decontamination and sterilization is also an important part of the process in protecting yourself and others from bloodborne pathogens. This includes using products such as Lysol and anti bacterial wipes to clean surfaces and equipment (such as tatoo needles, tweezers, etc). OSHA compliant training will also take you through procedures such as properly disposing of medical waste. Good housekeeping procedures can make a very big difference in keeping infections and outbreaks under control.

Another big source of potentially damaging contamination comes from handling and disposing of broken glass. It is important to protect your hands from cuts when you are handling objects such as beakers, syringes, and other types of glass containers.

Online training classes are also available if you wish to take OSHA approved certification courses from the convenience of your own computer. This option is a great way to obtain your training if you have an extremely tight schedule. This is done from your internet browser, and follows a lecture & question format.