Duration: 3-6 Hours

Pre-Requisite: None

Certifications:
Students will be allowed to proceed at their own pace in this interactive, on-line training program. Students must pass a graded final exam with a score of 70% or better.

Objectives:
The purpose of this course is to ensure awareness and promote safety among employees who may be exposed to bloodborne pathogens. The objective is to ensure that employees operate in the safest possible manner in situations where contact with potentially infectious materials is likely.

At the conclusion of this module, students will:

• Understand bloodborne pathogens and how they are spread
• Learn the importance of the Exposure Control Plan
• Incorporate the knowledge of what to do in case of accidental exposure
• Use appropriate safety methods and work practice controls
• Recognize signs and labels that are used to alert personnel of danger involving infectious material

Course Outline and Overview:
Through appropriate training and awareness, lives can be saved and needless injuries to personnel can be avoided. This training includes information on the prevention, transmission and recording of occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens. It includes information intended for all employees that are at risk for accidental exposure. The assumptions concerning various pathogens are described:

• Methods of transmission for hepatitis virus (HBV or HCV) are similar to those of HIV,
• the potential for hepatitis virus is greater than for HIV,
• there is more experience relating to controlling transmission of hepatitis in the workplace,
• therefore, general practices to prevent the transmission of hepatitis will reduce the risk
• for transmission of HIV.