Blood Borne Pathogens and EPIPEN Inservice

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Blood Borne Pathogens and EPI-PEN In-service

• Instructor
• Rhonda Sexton, RN
• School Nurse-Teacher

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INTRODUCTION

• Rhode Island State Law mandates annual training
  in the following
• Blood Borne Pathogens/Universal Precautions
• EPI-PEN administration
• One hour of Basic First Aid Training Provided
  for school personnel who might be involved in
  managing an injury or medical emergencies.

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Record Keeping

• After completing In-Service EVERYONE must fill
  out the form located in your packet.
• After presentation, please return SIGNED forms
  to me.

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Blood Borne Pathogens Disease causing germs
found in the blood.

• The Occupational Safety and Health Administration
  (OSHA) has issued a standard that requires
  employers to protect their employees from
  exposure to blood borne pathogens.

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What types of pathogens are found in the blood?

• Hepatitis B Virus Can live on inanimate objects
  for at least 7 days.
• HIV--(Human Immunodeficiency Virus)
• (Please refer to fact sheets for more
  information)

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Workplace Transmission

• Blood borne pathogens can be transmitted by
  direct entry into your body through open cuts,
  abrasions, acne or skin rashes.
• Blood borne pathogens can also be transmitted
  indirectly when you have touched a contaminated
  object and transferred the pathogen to your
  mouth, eyes, nose, or open skin.

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UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS

• Defined as a method of infection control.
• It considers every individuals blood and body
  fluids as potentially infectious.
• Body fluids include blood, drainage from
  scrapes and cuts, feces, urine, vomit, semen,
  respiratory secretions and saliva.

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What precautions do you take to protect
yourself from disease transmission?

• Avoid Contact with Blood and Body Fluids!

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How do you protect yourself?

• Disposable gloves

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Use protective equipment when necessary.

• Masks
• Goggles
• Masks and goggles are available in the health
  room.

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Protective Equipment

• Breathing barriers (found in health room and in
  AED cases)

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Protect Yourself..

• Place barrier between you and blood/body fluids
• (Ex. Have person use their own hand,
  towel/clothing, etc.)
• Wash hands immediately after giving care using
  soap and warm water
• Use disinfectant wipe, if unable to wash hands.
  Then wash as soon as possible

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What else do you do?

• Disposable gloves and contaminated materials need
  to go in a red biohazard bag.
• Use sharps container for sharp objects (In
  nurses office).
• If you have a blood or body fluid spill, call
  maintenance to immediately clean the area.
• Keep students away from contaminated areaCall
  for administrative assistance if needed.
• If clothing becomes contaminated, it should be
  placed in a red biohazard bag.
• Refer all students to health room if their
  clothing becomes contaminated (ie. bloody nose,
  vomiting, etc.)

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What do you do if you are exposed to blood borne
pathogens while at work?

• Report incident to administrator. Incident
  report needs to be filled out by the school
  nurse. Follow-up care will be necessary.

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Hepatitis B Vaccine

• All Category I Employees are offered the vaccine
  free of charge.
• Category I Employees
• School Nurse Teacher
• Custodial Staff
• Self-Contained Special Education Teachers
• Teacher Aides
• (For more information, refer to fact sheet. See
  me for questions.)

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Glove Demonstration
gloveremovalvideo.mpg
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EPI-Pen In-Service

• What is Anaphylaxis?
• What are the signs and symptoms of Anaphylaxis
• What are some common causes of Anaphylaxis?
• (See handouts)

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How to use an EPI-PEN

• If an EPI-Pen is given, what has to be done?
• Would you know how to do this?
• Demonstration http//www.epipen.com/howtouse.asp
  x
• See hand out.

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Good Samaritan Laws

• The Good Samaritan is required to us common
  sense and a reasonable level of skill, not to
  exceed the scope of the individuals training in
  emergency situations.
• (Refer to handout)

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Questions?

• Please leave top sheet of packet with me.
• First year teachers will also need to view video.
  Please see me at your earliest convenience.

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Thank You!!!

• Have a great year!!