The intent of the rule form OSHA is to reduce the risk of on-the-job exposure to blood and other infectious materials that may contain blood borne pathogens. OSHA standards are meant to protect employees from potentially hazardous and infectious materials by using a blend of personal hygiene‚ personal protective equipment‚ work placement training and practices. Putting all of this together and following the OSHA standards and precautions greatly reduces the risk of contracting and transmitting
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choose from they are‚ Certificate‚ Associate’s and Bachelors degrees‚ What are Blood Borne Pathogens About Us: Blood borne pathogens are microorganisms that can cause disease when transmitted from an infected individual to another individual through blood and certain body fluids. Blood borne pathogens are capable of causing serious illness and death. The most common illnesses caused by Blood Borne Pathogens are‚ hepatitis B (HBV)‚ hepatitis C (HBC)‚ and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) from
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The Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens Standard People who work in health care‚ first responders‚ correctional workers‚ dental workers‚ as well individuals who perform body art‚ are all at risk for having an occupational exposure to Bloodborne pathogens. According to OSHA‚ “Bloodborne pathogens are infectious microorganisms present in blood that can cause disease in humans” (United States Department of Labor/OSHA‚ n.d.). Healthcare workers that are primarily exposed when taking blood‚
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Bloodborne 3 http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2000-108/#1 http://www.orosha.org/pdf/pubs/2261.pdf Intro Needlestick injuries and other sharps-related injuries which expose workers to bloodborne pathogens continues to be an important public health concern. Workers in many different occupations are at risk of exposure to bloodborne pathogens‚ including Hepatitis B‚ Hepatitis C‚ and HIV/AIDS. First aid team members‚ housekeeping personnel in some settings‚ nurses and other healthcare providers
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Persons who are infected with Bloodborne Pathogens such as Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) or Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) may not show symptoms and may not know they are infectious. For this reason‚ all blood and body fluids should be considered Infectious‚ and all precautions should be taken to avoid contact. This simple rule is known as "Universal Precautions." Bloodborne Pathogens can be transmitted when blood or infectious body fluids come in contact with mucous membranes (eyes‚ nose‚ and mouth);
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exist for pathogens. I started with an article by Kemp & Bankaitis (ref 4)‚ in which it is stated that cerumen is not considered an infectious agent until it becomes contaminated with blood or mucus‚ and it can even be placed in the regular trash unless significant amount of blood or mucous is present. So‚ it appears the danger is not in cerumen itself but in blood/mucous contaminant. CDC lists Hepatitis B‚ Hepatitis C‚ HIV and Viral Hemorrhagic Fever(VHF) as infectious diseases by bloodborne pathogens
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considered. Questions that should be asked are: How much water and solid matter does it contain? How many different metals and nutrients does it have and how much of each? What potentially toxic organic chemicals are contained in the sludge? What pathogen reduction process was used?
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injected it into his wife. Suddenly‚ April’s face became evanescent. He frantically looked down at the table‚ seeing that he used the used‚ contaminated syringe that had just been his source of life‚ is now April’s source of death. One human’s worth of pathogens‚ unknown and foreign to the new immune system‚ would instantly kill the victim of diseases the prior subject had and was immune to. The look of pale surprise keeps itself plastered to April’s face‚ eyes open. She breathed her last breath as Daniel
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and last‚ the organism must be reisolated in pure culture. All of Koch’s postulates were demonstrated with the tomato. Introduction: Koch’s postulates is important to determine various pathogens. There are 4 criteria must be met to determine a pathogen. 1) Presence of organism in all hosts‚ 2) isolation of pathogen in pure culture‚ 3) pathogenic when introduced into healthy host‚ 4) reisolated in pure culture. A tomato will be used to test Koch’s Postulates. The bacteria from a rotten tomato will
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Section: 309 ABSTRACT Shigellosis is the cause of dysentery‚ and even though it has for the most part been isolated in developing countries around the world‚ it is beginning to spread throughout the Middle East‚ Asia and Latin America. Though research and study has gone on for decades there is to this day no known effective vaccine for this bacterial infection. Continuing research brings us closer to this point but as of right now we must continue to fight it with multiple types of antibiotics
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