3505 Exposure Control Plan for Bloodborne Pathogens (ems Operations) Flashcards
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This document is in accordance with?
Washington Industrial Safety & Health Act
(WISHA) Bloodborne Pathogens Standard
According to (OSHA) how many workers in health care and public safety occupations could be potentially exposed to viruses?
5.6 million
What is the most common means of exposure for health care workers?
Needlestick injuries
Besides needle sticks bloodborne pathogens also can be transmitted through contact with
the mucous membranes and non-intact skin.
The Deputy Chief of Operations shall be responsible for?
- Functioning as TFD’s Infectious Disease Control Officer (IDCO).
- Administering this plan.
- Ensuring that this plan is implemented.
- Reviewing all exposure incidents in accordance with the guidelines set forth in this document (IDCO or his/her designee).
- Consulting the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department in the event that consent for source testing cannot be obtained (IDCO or his/her designee).
Who is responsible for Maintaining and updating this document annually to reflect changes in WISHA regulations and in technology that will help eliminate or reduce exposure to bloodborne pathogens.
The EMS Training Program Manager
Who is responsible for
- Providing initial and annual exposure control training to TFD personnel in
accordance with the guidelines set forth in this document.
- Maintaining the employee medical records required by this plan.
The EMS Training Program Manager
Who is responsible for:
- Establishing and posting at their stations a cleaning and decontamination schedule in accordance with the guidelines set forth in this document.
- In March of each year, evaluating TFD’s engineering controls and exempted tasks or devices.
Station Captains
Station 4 personnel shall be responsible for?
- Assisting personnel with operation of the commercial washer for laundering contaminated uniform items.
- Placing items in the dryer when decontaminating/laundering is complete.
Who responsible for responsible for handling the routine washing and decontamination (OPIM) of turnout gear in accordance with TFD Policy 5016.
Stations 8 and 9 personnel
Define
Engineering controls
Controls (e.g., sharps disposal containers, self-sheathing needles, safer medical devices, such as sharps with engineered sharps injury protections and needleless systems) that isolate or remove the bloodborne
pathogens hazard from the workplace.
Define
HBIG
Hepatitis B immune globulin.
Define
IDCO
The Deputy Chief of Operations functions as TFD’s Infectious Disease
Control Officer.
Define
Needleless systems
A device that does not use needles for:
1. The collection of bodily fluids or withdrawal of body fluids after initial
venous or arterial access is established;
2. The administration of medication or fluids; or
3. Any procedure involving the potential for occupational exposure to blood-borne pathogens due to percutaneous injuries from contaminated sharps.
Define
Occupational exposure
A reasonably anticipated skin, eye, mucous membrane, or parenteral contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials that may
result from the performance of an employee’s duties.
Define
Other Potentially Infectious Materials (OPIM)
- The following human body fluids: Semen, vaginal secretions, cerebrospinal fluid, synovial fluid, pleural fluid, pericardial fluid, peritoneal fluid, amniotic fluid, saliva in dental procedures, any body fluid that is visibly contaminated with blood, and all body fluids in situations where it is difficult or impossible to differentiate between body fluids.
- Any unfixed tissue or organ (other than intact skin) from a human (living or dead).
Define
Parenteral
Piercing mucous membranes or the skin barrier through such events as needlesticks, human bites, cuts, and abrasions.
What ARE considered exposures
a. Stuck or cut by a contaminated needle or other sharp
b. Blood or body fluids (semen, vaginal secretions; CSF, synovial,
pleural, pericardial, amniotic, peritoneal fluids; any fluid with visible blood) sprayed or splashed into the eyes, nose or mouth, or on open cuts or sores
c. Human bite with broken skin
What are NOT considered exposures
a. Puncture/cut with an uncontaminated sharp
b. Exposure to urine, stool, vomit, tears, saliva, sweat (unless visibly bloody)
c. Human bite without broken skin
Latex and Nitrile Gloves provide a barrier, but?
are not completely impermeable.
What locations require cleaning and decontamination on a scheduled basis
Gurney - Beginning of shift
Patient Compartment - Beginning of shift
All employees shall be offered the HB vaccine series at no cost to the
employee within 10 days of initial assignment unless
a. The employee has previously received the series
b. Antibody testing reveals that the employee is immune
c. Medical reasons prevent taking the vaccination or
d. The employee chooses not to participate
If the employee does not give consent for HIV serological testing
during collection of blood for baseline testing, the IDCO or his/her designee shall request?
that the lab preserve the baseline blood
sample for at least 90 days.
The health care professional will provide the IDCO and the employee with a copy of the health care professional’s written
opinion within?
15 days after completion of the evaluation.
