Osha Flashcards
Engineering controls
Structural and mechanical devices
Hand washing facilities, eyewash stations, sharps containers, biohazard signs
Work practice controls are behaviors intended to make engineering controls effective
Sharps containers, hand washing, waste removal, universal precautions
Hand washing must be done
Visible contamination
Between each patient
PPE
Gloves
Gowns and laboratory coats
Face shields or masks
Eye protection
Post exposure
Direct contact with blood
exposure prophylaxis
Opim (other potentially infectious materials)
Urine
Stool
Semen
Saliva
Universal precautions
Universal precautions requirement to observed to prevent contact with blood or OPIM
12,000 healthcare workers get HBV
220 die per year
1 in 250 people
Get HIV
Other infectious pathogens
HIV stays on skin
For 1-3 days
HBV stays on skin
7 days
Define osha
federal agency that regulates occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens and OPIMS
OSHA
occupational safety and health administration
Primary purpose
to enforce procedures that limit exposure to BP for those employees who are at risk.