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Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure Control and Hazardous Waste

The Agency’s bloodborne pathogens exposure control plan under 29 CFR §1910.1030 (exposure determination, annual review, safer sharps, personal protective equipment, hepatitis B vaccine within 10 working days of initial assignment, post-exposure evaluation, training at assignment and annually, records for 3 years and 30 years, sharps injury log), and its safe and sanitary system for identifying, handling and disposing of hazardous wastes (LAC 48:I §8235.D.3.b.v; Louisiana Sanitary Code, Part XXVII).

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About this policy
Policy number
LA-HSP-IC-02
Version
1.0
Main rule
29 CFR §1910.1030
Library
Louisiana hospice · 60 policies
Category
Infection control
Sections
22

In short

  • Never recap a used needle by hand. Put sharps in your sharps container right away.
  • Wear the gloves and other protective equipment the Agency gives you whenever you may touch blood or body fluids.
  • You are offered the hepatitis B vaccine free within 10 working days of starting work. If you decline, you sign the declination.
  • After a needlestick or splash: wash or flush right away, then report it to your supervisor at once for a same-day medical evaluation.
  • Bring closed sharps containers back to the office; never put used needles in household trash.

What's inside

22 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.

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  • Terms of Reference
  • 1. Purpose
  • 2. Scope
  • 3. Definitions
  • 4. Policy Statement (29 CFR §1910.1030)
  • 5. Exposure Determination
  • 6. Annual Review and Safer Sharps
  • 7. Work Practices and Engineering Controls
  • 8. Personal Protective Equipment
  • 9. Cleaning Spills, Linen and Equipment in the Home
  • 10. Hepatitis B Vaccination
  • 11. After an Exposure
  • 12. Training
  • 13. Records
  • 14. Hazardous and Biomedical Waste
  • 15. Responsibilities
  • 16. Records and Compliance Monitoring
  • 17. Staff Training
  • 18. References
  • 19. Related Policies and Forms
  • 20. Approval
  • 21. Revision History

An inspector may ask

  • Show me your exposure control plan and the date it was last reviewed.
  • Show me this nurse’s hepatitis B vaccination record or signed declination.

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