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OSHA requires employers to make hepatitis B immunizations available free to employees who have a potential for exposure to blood borne pathogens.
OSHA requires employers to practice universal precautions in order to reduce employees' risk of exposure to blood-borne pathogens.
Exposure to Chemical Hazards. Exposure to blood-borne pathogens
The first key to reducing the risk of exposure to blood-borne pathogens is to use nonporous barriers such as gloves and goggles.
To minimize or eliminate occupational exposure to disease-carrying microorganisms or pathogens that can be found in human blood and body fluids.
every year
HIV and HBV
Blood borne pathogens are those which can be transmitted when blood infected with them is transver from one person to other like AIDS virus is blood borne and also other example is H. infuenzae which cause influneza and many more others
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. Department of Labor,published the final rule regarding occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens. In essence, this legislation requires that employers provide for the safety of employees who, in the course of their official duties, may be exposed to blood. The legislation, written primarily for those in health care professions and those who handle medical wastes, also affects public safety employees, such as law enforcement officers, security officers, and fire and rescue personnel.
Occupational exposure to blood-borne pathogens means work-related accidents like needlesticks or splashes to mucous membranes of someone else's blood or bodily fluid that might contain pathogens like HIV or hepatatis virus. Occupational exposures are possible job hazards for health care workers, cleaning staff, and emergency responders.
It's normally called a needle stick, or an occupational exposure to blood borne pathogens.
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