Health & Safety Training

Controlling Bloodborne Pathogens in the Workplace

OBJECTIVE

To teach participants ways to recognize, control and deal effectively with Blood borne Pathogens in the workplace.

This training will: Assist in fulfilling management's obligations to ensure workers are trained and competent to deal with Blood borne Pathogens. Reduce the risk of accidental exposures, which result from the lack of knowledge of proper procedures and policies for Blood borne Pathogens.

CONTENT

• Introduction to Blood borne Pathogens, including Hepatitis B and HIV
• Review of the Hepatitis B Vaccine procedures
• Highlight ways for Workplace Transmission can happen
• Legislated requirements under the Occupational Health and Safety Act
• Universal Precautions
• Methods for Preventing Infection
• Control strategies
  • Engineering Controls,
  • Workplace Controls, and
  • Personal Protection Equipment
• Housekeeping measures
• Post-Exposure Evaluation

LENGTH

One half-day (approximately 4 hours) groups of up to fifteen (15)

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

All workers, supervisors, managers, engineers and joint health and safety committee members who are involved with or exposed to blood borne pathogens.


Download Bloodborne Pathogens / Hepatitis B Vaccination Exposure Control Plan
Download Bloodborne Test
Download Controlling Bloodborne Pathogens Training Powerpoint