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Keeping you and your patients safe from bloodborne pathogens

Staff Development Weekly: Insight on Evidence-Based Practice in Education, December 29, 2005

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Your organization should strive to reduce the risk of occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens through the institution of policies and practices that include the following:

• A written exposure control plan
• Work practice and engineering controls that include safety needles
• Employee training programs
• Personal protective equipment
• Housekeeping and laundry procedures
• Warning signs and labels
• Recordkeeping

To help you and your staff stay safe, make sure you understand the goals of the bloodborne pathogens standard, help implement its practices, and be able to spot potentially dangerous situations that could lead to needlesticks and other means of exposure to bloodborne pathogens.

Editor's note: The above excerpt is from the online course, "Bloodborne Pathogens for Nursing/Clinical Staff: Keeping you and Your Patients Safe From Infection." For more information on this and other courses in our library, go to www.hcprofessor.com.

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