170648
Bloodborne Pathogens Initial Training:
Course 170648

Course Summary:
The Bloodborne Pathogens Initial training course familiarizes workers with the primary diseases, basic hazards, and essential protective measures and safe practices relating to bloodborne diseases. It helps organizations comply with the safety training mandates of the Occupational Safety and Health Act standard and helps avoid the risk and liability of bloodborne diseases in the workplace. The course retrain frequency is 12 months.

The training includes the following topics:

General epidemiology
Symptoms and modes of transmission
Universal precautions
Bloodborne diseases
Work practices
Reporting an exposure
Benefits of the Hepatitis B vaccine
HIV/AIDS
Hepatitis A thru E

Target Audience:
Those who are at risk of exposure to blood or other body fluids in their work environments, and are identified under their company’s exposure control plan.

Course Prerequisites:
There are no course prerequisites.

Course Evaluation:
There is no formal course evaluation.

Course Length:
4 hours

Course Frequency:
3 times each quarter and upon request