Keep it clean
This is the amount of time one should take to wash their hands.
What is 20 seconds
The Department of Labor Agency that works to ensure safety in the workplace, by establishing standards, providing enforcement of standards, supplying training, education and outreach.
What is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
These are the 3 most common blood borne pathogens that are a threat to healthcare workers
What are Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and HIV
These are CDC recommended practices which will eliminate transmission of infection due to unsafe use of sharps and medications during a healthcare encounter .
What is Safe Injection Practices
This is the product that is used to disinfect surfaces after contact with a patient suspected of having norovirus
What are bleach wipes or 10% bleach solution
These procedures that reduce the likelihood of exposure by altering the way in which a task is performed (e.g., prohibiting mouth pipetting and recapping of needles)
What are Work practice controls
This blood borne pathogen can live on environmental surfaces up to one week in dried blood.
Hepatitis B
Vials of medications that are brought into the patient exam room for a procedure are handled in this manner.
What is discarded.
The method of hand hygiene used for hands that are visibly dirty
What is Soap and water
These include all control measures that isolate or remove a hazard from the workplace, such as sharps disposal containers and self-sheathing needles.
What are engineering controls
This is where feces, vomit, urine, secretions, and items wet with sweat should be disposed of.
What is the toilet or regular trash can? They should not be placed in red biohazard bags.
To prevent transmission of blood borne pathogens, we always use needles and syringes in this manner.
One needles, one syringe, one patient, one time only
This should be performed before and after touching a patient, before a procedure, after removing gloves, when moving from a dirty area to clean area of the patient's body, after touching objects in the patient's room, before eating, after using the restroom
What is hand hygiene
In 1991 OSHA published this standard because of a significant health risk associated with exposure to viruses and other microorganisms that cause bloodborne diseases. Of primary concern are the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses.
This waste is returned to pharmacy for safe disposal
What is Pharmaceutical waste
SHC healthcare workers who sustain an occupational exposure to blood or body fluids should report to Urgent Care immediately to be assessed for the need to receive post exposure prophylaxis within this amount of time after the exposure.
What is 2 hours
Single dose vials may be used for multiple patients under these circumstances.
What is never.
This is how we determine how to properly use disinfectant products in the Student Health Center.
What is following manufacturer instructions for use.
The Bloodborne Pathogen Standard calls for the creation of this written plan which is designed to identify in writing, tasks and procedures, as well as job classifications where occupational exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials occurs.
The Hazard Communication Standard is intended to address comprehensively the issue of classifying the potential hazards of chemicals, and communicating information concerning hazards and appropriate protective measures to employees. We refer to these documents whenever we have a chemical exposure.
There have been 58 documented cases of healthcare worker transmission of this blood borne pathogen since 1980, and only 1 case since 1999
What is HIV
We only use single dose vials of medication whenever possible. When we use multi dose vials of medications, they are labeled and dated when opened and disposed of....
What is after 28 days or earlier if contamination is suspected.