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Title: BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS


1
BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS
  • Rutherford County Schools
  • Department of School
  • Health Services

2
What Are Bloodborne Pathogens?
  • Bloodborne Pathogens are germs (microorganisms)
    that are present in human blood and can infect
    people and cause disease.

3
How are these GERMS spread?
  • They are spread by contaminated blood or body
    fluids (urine, vomit, mucous, semen, etc.) that
    enter the body of another.
  • Transmission is most likely to occur through
  • An accidental cutting of skin by a sharp object,
    such as broken glass that is contaminated
  • Contact between broken or damaged skin and
    infected body fluids
  • Contact between mucous membranes and infected
  • body fluids

4
What is Broken Skin?
  • Open sores
  • Cuts
  • Abrasions
  • Acne
  • Any sort of damaged or broken skin such as
    sunburn blisters or by scratching mosquito bites

5
How Else Can it be Spread?
  • Through mucous membranes of the eyes, nose, or
    mouth
  • Unprotected sex with an infected person
  • Sharing needles with an infected person

6
How is it NOT Spread?
  • Through touching an infected person
  • Coughing or sneezing
  • Using the same equipment, materials, toilets,
    water fountains, or showers as an infected person

7
What Can I Do to Protect Myself?
  • Use UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS (treat everyone as if
    they are infected!)
  • You have gloves available for your use
  • Ask your school nurse or the custodian for more
    gloves if you are out
  • Be sure to wash your hands after taking off the
    gloves
  • Appropriate Housekeeping Measures
  • Proper disposal of contaminated waste
  • Bandages that are NOT dripping blood can be
    disposed of in a regular garbage can
  • MRSA contaminated bandages are highly contagious
  • Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
  • Using gloves and/or goggles when appropriate

8
What Could Happen at Work to Put Me At Risk?
  • If you dont put your gloves on before dealing
    with a child that is vomiting
  • If you are a First Responder and dont put your
    gloves or eye protection on
  • If there is bleeding and you dont put your
    gloves on
  • If you are changing a diaper and dont wear your
    gloves
  • What else can you think of that may put you at
    risk?

9
Complete Your Hepatitis B Series if You Are
Designated At Risk
  • Physical education teachers, coaches, and
    cheerleader sponsors
  • School secretaries and/or Para Professionals/Educa
    tional Assistants, if they are designated as the
    persons who deals with injuries in the normal
    performance of their duties
  • Health Occupation instructors,
  • CDC teachers and paraprofessionals working with
    developmentally disabled/severely disabled
    students
  • Bus attendants who work with developmentally
  • disabled students
  • Custodians
  • School Principals and their Assistant Principals
  • First Responder team members
  • Shop teachers, who deal with equipment where
    there is a risk of
  • injury, i.e. wood shop, auto
    mechanics, etc.
  • School Nurses.

10
Response Involving Blood or Body Fluids
  • Wear appropriate gloves or goggles
  • Carefully cover the spill with an absorbent
    material, i.e. paper towel, to prevent splashing
  • Disinfect with proper solution (custodian will
    have the proper equipment)
  • Wait 10 minutes to ensure adequate
    decontamination, and then carefully wipe up the
    spilled material
  • Disinfect all mops and cleaning tools after the
    job is done
  • Dispose of all contaminated materials
    appropriately
  • Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and
    water immediately after the clean up is complete

11
Waste Disposal
  • Do NOT pick broken glass up directly with your
    hands. Instead use items such as a brush and
    dustpan to pick it up
  • Sterilize broken glass that is visibly
    contaminated with blood with an approved
    disinfectant before cleaning it up
  • Dispose of decontaminated glass in an appropriate
    sharps container. Sharps containers should be
    leak-proof on sides and bottom, and appropriately
    labeled
  • Dispose of uncontaminated broken glass in a
    closable, puncture resistant container

12
What if I Have an Exposure.
  • That results in a cut by a potentially
    contaminated needle or other sharp object?
  • A splash of blood or other potentially infectious
    materials to the eyes, mouth, or mucous
    membranes?
  • Blood or other potentially infectious materials
    contacting broken skin?
  • Early treatment can significantly reduce the
    chance of disease transmission!

13
When an Employee Has a Possible Exposure
  • Clean the area immediately preferably with soap
    and water or use alcohol based hand rub
  • For eyes flush with running water
  • Inform the Principal and/or your supervisor as
    soon as possible
  • Complete the First Report of Injury Form
  • Complete the Panel of Physicians Form
  • You will be seen by the Workmans Comp
    physician that you selected on the Panel of
  • Physicians Form

14
If You Have Any Questions
  • Please contact your school nurse
  • She is always available to answer your questions
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