Blood Borne Pathogens

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Blood Borne Pathogens
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Why we are here!
The Texas Department of Health, per state law
implemented a new Bloodborne Pathogen Control
Rule. It became effective January 1, 2001. All
government units that have employees who provide
health care services are required to comply.
This includes school districts. All employees
must be trained before beginning assignments
where they could be exposed to blood. Training
must be done annually and training records must
be kept. That is the reason for the sign-in
sheet.
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Introduction

• The purpose of this plan is to eliminate or
  minimize work related exposure to blood borne
  pathogens.
• Universal precautions are defined by the Center
  of Disease Control as a set of precautions
  designed to prevent transmission of blood born
  pathogens when providing first aid. Bloodborne
  Pathogens are microorganisms that are present in
  human blood and that can cause diseases.
• Particularly
• Hepatitis B virus (HBV)
• HIV
• Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)

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Definition

• Hepatitis means inflammation of the liver. One
  is often unaware of infection. Often one has no
  symptoms or may have flu like symptoms. To
  protect oneself from being infected with the
  hepatitis virus you should use Standard
  Precautions when coming in contact with
• Human blood
• All body fluids
• Secretions and excretions
• Non-intact skin
• Mucous membranes.

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Standard Precautions

• Universal Precautions are set in place to
  eliminate or minimize exposure to blood or other
  potentially infectious body fluids. Treat all
  blood and other body fluids as potentially
  infectious.
• Appropriate barrier precautions should be used to
  prevent skin and mucous membrane exposure when in
  contact with blood or body fluids of any person.
• Hand washing
• Housekeeping
• Personal Protective Equipment

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Exposure

• For exposure to occur you must have a port of
  exit, mode of transmission and port of entry. If
  any part of this is interrupted, the chain is
  broken and transmission will not occur. That is
  why taking the precautions are so important.
• If you get blood or other bodily fluids on
  healthy skin you will not become infected. You
  are not a sponge and the virus can not soak
  through.

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Hand Washing

• Hand washing is an important preventative measure
  in the spread of disease. Hands and other skin
  surfaces should be thoroughly washed after
  contact with blood or body fluids and after the
  removal of gloves.

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House Keeping

• All surfaces contaminated with blood or body
  fluids should be disinfected with 110 solution
  of bleach, 70 alcohol, or disinfectant used by
  plant operations.
• Use gloves when cleaning up a spill.
• Call custodian for cleanup of any large spills,
  or if you need help cleaning a contaminated
  surface.
• DO NOT PICK UP BROKEN GLASS WITH BARE HANDS!

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Disposal

• Articles contaminated with blood, should be
  thrown away in a triple bagged garbage can. This
  can always be found in the clinic. If
  contaminated articles are thrown away in a
  classroom wastebasket, have a custodian remove it
  as soon as possible. If an article is saturated
  with blood, it should be placed in a red
  biohazard bag.

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Personal Protective Equipment

• Gloves.
• Should always be worn if any contact with blood
  or body fluids is anticipated.
• Should be worn only once and thrown away.
• Wash hands immediately after removal of gloves.
• One way valve breathing barrier
• device for trauma team members to be used if
  performing CPR

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Exposure Incident

• An Exposure Incident occurs when an employee has
  DIRECT contact with blood, body fluids containing
  blood or unidentified body fluids through a
  needle stick, bite, eye splash, mouth splash or
  open cut.

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Procedure for Reporting Exposure Incident
REPORT

• As soon as an employee suspects that he/she has
  an exposure incident they should follow the
  procedure as outlined in the Exposure Control
  Plan.
• 1. Report the incident to the principal and
  school nurse immediately.
• 2. School nurse will evaluate and provide first
  aid and recommend medical follow-up.
• 3. Administrator and employee will complete
  workers comp. report as well as several other
  forms.

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Incident

• If an exposure incident has occurred Klein ISD
  will provide an employee with a post-exposure
  evaluation and follow-up through Workers
  Compensation. A medical evaluation will be
  provided through the districts usual work related
  illness or injury policies and procedures.

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Evaluation

• The district assigned doctor will provide post
  exposure evaluation unless the exposed employee
  prefers to go to his/her own physician, in which
  case, the employee must bring a copy of the Klein
  ISD Exposure Control Plan to the physician doing
  the evaluation. All records will be kept in the
  office of the Director of Benefits and Risk
  Management Services. All records will be kept
  confidential. He keeps them in a locked file and
  no one else has access to them.

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Finally

• If you need more band aids or gloves through out
  the year just ask me.
• Any blood or other bodily fluids must be cleaned
  up by housekeeping immediately.
• The Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure Control Plan is
  now available on Kleinet under Handbooks
• My ext. is 46226
• HAVE A GREAT SCHOOL YEAR