Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure Control, Sharps, and Infectious Waste

The Agency’s written Exposure Control Plan under the OSHA bloodborne pathogens standard, which applies directly to the Agency in Ohio: which jobs have occupational exposure, engineering and work practice controls, protective equipment, sharps containers, the handling of infectious waste staff generate in homes, instructions to patients and families who use sharps, hepatitis B vaccination within 10 working days of initial assignment, post-exposure evaluation and the written opinion within 15 days, labels, training at assignment and at least annually, the annual plan review with frontline input, and records (medical records for the duration of employment plus 30 years, training records for 3 years, and the sharps injury log).