Preventing Disease Transmission PDT

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Preventing Disease Transmission (PDT)

• American Red Cross

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Purpose of PDT module

• Educate employees on how ---
• Diseases are transmitted
• To reduce the number of employees who contract
  bloodborne infections from their worksite

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What are pathogens?

• Disease causing agents that
• enter the body
• Also called a germ

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• Immune system relies on the SKIN
• to minimize the number
• of pathogens that enter the body

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How Pathogens Enter the Body
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Infectious Diseases

• Most caused by 1 of 6 types of pathogens

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Bacteria

• DO NOT depend on other organisms for life
• Can live outside the body
• Tetanus, meningitis, scarlet fever
• strep throat, tuberculosis, gonorrhea,
  syphilis, diptheria, food poisoning,
• ANTIBIOTICS penicillin, erythromycin,

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Viruses

• DO depend on other organisms to live
• Hepatitis, measles, mumps, chicken pox,
  meningitis, rubella, influenza, warts, colds,
  herpes, shingles, HIV infection, genital warts
• IMMUNE SYSTEM white blood cells release
  antibodies

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Conditions Necessary for Disease Transmission

• Pathogen PRESENT
• Sufficient QUANTITY of pathogen

• Person VULNERABLE to the disease
• Transmission at correct ENTRY SITE

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Diseases That Cause Concern

• HERPES MENINGITIS
• TUBERCULOSIS
• HEPATITIS HIV/AIDS

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Herpes
Infection of skin mucous membrane
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Meningitis
Severe infection of covering of
brain spinal chord
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Tuberculosis
Bacterial infection of respiratory system
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Hepatitis
Inflammation of the liver
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HIV / AIDS
Virus that attacks the immune system
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Protection from Transmission

• Exposure Control Plan
• (System employer creates to protect)
• Immunizations
• Precautions
• (Protective equipment, personal hygiene)

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Spill Management

• Wear gloves appropriate equipment
• Clean up immediately
• Do not pick up sharp objects
• Flood area with disinfectant solution
• and allow to stand for 20 minutes
• Dispose in a biohazard bag

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Conclusion

• Always
• use
• UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS !