Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 002 Hazard: BLOODBORNE

SECTION 5(A)(1) OF THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT OF 1970: THE EMPLOYER DID NOT FURNISH EMPLOYMENT AND A PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT WHICH WERE FREE FROM RECOGNIZIED HAZARDS THAT WERE CAUSING OR LIKELY TO CAUSE DEATH OR SERIOUS PHYSICAL HARM TO EMPLOYEES IN THAT EMPLOYEES WERE EXPOSED TO: A) NO UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS TRAINING WAS PROVIDED FOR CATEGORY II EMPLOYEES, THOSE TRAINED IN FIRST AID AND CPR, WHERE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPOSURE TO BLOOD, BODY FLUIDS OR TISSUE COULD RESULT IN HIV AND/OR HBV INFECTIONS. FEASIBLE AND USEFUL ABATEMENT METHODS FOR REDUCING THE HAZARDS, AMONG OTHERS, ARE: WORKERS SHALL RECEIVE EDUCATION ON PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES, EPIDEMIOLOGY, MODES OF TRAMSMISSION AND PREVENTION OF HIV/HBV. HEALTH CARE WORKERS SHALL BE COUNSELED REGARDING POSSIBLE RISKS TO THE FETUS FROM HIV/HBV AND OTHER ASSOCIATED INFECTIOUS AGENTS. IN ADDITION, SUCH HIGH RISK WORKERS MUST RECEIVE TRAINING REGARDING LOCATION AND PROPER USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. THEY SHALL BE TRAINED CONCERNING PROPER WORK PRACTICES AND, IF THE FACILITY HAS IMPLEMENTED THEM, SHALL UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF "UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS" AS IT APPLIES TO THEIR WORK PRACTICES. THEY SHALL BE TRAINED ABOUT THE MEANING OF COLOR CODING OR OTHER METHODS (EXCEPT TAGS) USED TO DESIGNATE CONTAMINATED ARTICLES OR INFECTIOUS WASTE. WHERE TAGS ARE USED, TRAINING ABOUT TAGS AND PRECAUTIONS TO BE USED IN HANDLING CONTAMINATED ARTICLES OR INFECTIOUS WASTE IS GOVERNED BY 29 CFR 1910.145(F). WORKERS SHALL RECEIVE TRAINING ABOUT PROCEDURES TO BE USED IF THEY ARE EXPOSED TO BODY FLUIDS.