CCRI BIOLOGY

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CCRI BIOLOGY

• Bloodborne (BB) Pathogen Training

Resouce OSU Environmental Health and Safety
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What is a BB Pathogen?

• A bloodborne pathogen is disease causing
  microorganism that is carried in the blood (or
  other bodily fluids).

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Some Diseases Caused by BB Pathogens

• Malaria
• Brucellosis
• Syphilis
• Hepatitis B(HBV)
• Hepatitis C(HCV)
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

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OSHA BB Pathogen Standard

• The OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard was
  enacted to reduce the occupational transmission
  of bloodborne and other potential infectious
  materials (OPIM), in particular-
• Hepatitis B(HBV)
• Hepatitis C(HCV)
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

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In addition to blood, potentially infectious
bodily fluids include

• Human blood components, and products made from
  human blood
• Semen
• Amniotic fluid
• Pleural fluid
• Synovial fluid
• Vaginal secretions
• Cerebrospinal fluid
• Saliva in dental procedures
• Body Fluids that cannot be readily identified
• Note--saliva, urine, feces, vomit are not
  included in the standard unless they are visibly
  contaminated with blood.

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Training

• All employees who could be reasonably
  expected, as a result of their job duties, to
  come into contact with blood or other infectious
  materials are required to complete BB PATHOGEN
  training every year.

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This training will include

• an explanation of the standard
• information on the epidemiology, symptoms, and
  modes of transmission of bloodborne pathogens
• explanations of
• the exposure control plan
• personal protective equipment
• the hepatitis B vaccine
• emergency procedures.

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Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

• HIV is the virus that causes AIDS
• HIV depletes the immune system
• HIV does not survive well outside the body
• No threat on contracting HIV through casual
  contact

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Hepatitis B (HBV)

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