• OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health
Administration) is a United States agency
that was created in 1970
• OSHA makes rules for safety in the
workplace to prevent deaths, injuries and
illnesses related to work
• A set of precautions designed to prevent
transmission of HIV, Hepatitis B virus (HBV),
and other blood borne pathogens when
providing first aid or health care.
• Under standard precautions, blood and
certain body fluids of all patients are
considered potentially infectious for HIV,
HBV and other blood borne pathogens
• The practice of avoiding contact with
bodily fluids, by means of the wearing of
nonporous articles such as gloves, goggles,
and face shields.
• Blood
• Peritoneal fluid (fluid
found in abdominal
• Semen and Vaginal
cavity)
Secretions
• Cerebrospinal Fluid (fluid • Pericardial fluid (found
in sac surrounding the
in the spine)
heart)
• Synovial fluid (fluid in
• Amniotic fluid (surround
joints)
fetus during pregnancy)
• Pleural Fluid (found in
lungs)
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Feces (stool)
Nasal secretions
Sweat
Tears
Urine
Vomit
***EXCEPTION If blood is visible within one of these
secretion use standard precautions
• Every person should be treated as though
they have an infectious disease
• Use protective barriers
• Proper handwashing
• Appropriately disose of hazardous waste
• Proper cleaning of contaminated areas
• Wear vinyl or latex gloves whenever touching bio
hazardous material such as open skin, blood, body
fluids, or mucus membranes. Do not reuse gloves.
• Wash hands with soap and hot water immediately
after they have been exposed to blood or body fluids,
even if gloves are worn.
• All surfaces must be thoroughly washed after being
soiled with blood or body fluid. Use a 10 percent
household bleach solution or a commercially available
disinfectant.
• Place all used sharps in a special, puncture
resistant sharps container.
• Place all discarded medical waste in a specially
labeled bio hazardous waste container.
• When working outdoors, dispose of medical waste
by placing it in a red, plastic biohazard bag and
then discarding it in the proper biohazard waste
container when returning indoors.
• Do not allow athletes to share towels that have
been contaminated with blood or bodily fluids.
• Put towels and clothing that have been
contaminated with blood or bodily fluids into a
biohazard bag.
• Be sure all wounds are well covered.
• If you have an open wound, especially if it is on
your hand, avoid providing first aid care for
injuries that involve bleeding or bodily fluids until
your wounds are healed. If you must do so, be
sure to wear vinyl or latex gloves.
• Single use disposable gloves should be
worn when it is likely you could come into
contact with blood or bodily fluid
• Assisting with personal care
• When visible blood is present
• When caregiver has broken areas of skin
• When cleaning up blood spills or body fluids
• Do not reuse gloves
• Remove gloves prior to touching noncontaminated objects
• Remove gloves promptly after use and
wash hands thoroughly
• Use resuscitation devices, when available,
instead of direct mouth to mouth
resuscitation
• Pinch the palm of the glove on one hand and pull
glove down and off fingers
• Form glove into a ball and place in palm of gloved
hand
• Insert 2 fingers of ungloved hand under inside rim of
gloved hand
• Push glove insdide out, down over fingers and around
balled up glove
• Grasp inside out gloves and discard into plastic ba
and seal the bag
• Wash hands
• Wear a gown to protect skin and clothing
during activities where contact with blood
or body fluids is expected
• Do not wear the same gown for the care
of more than one person
• Wear face shields and goggles during
procedures that are likely to generate
splashes or sprays of blood or other body
fluids