A recent Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources post to prevent wildland fires featured masks and social distancing. (source: Donna Kallner) It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… It ...

The class Bloodborne Pathogens explains the nature of common bloodborne pathogens and how to handle exposure in the workplace. A bloodborne pathogen is a microorganism present in human blood that can ...

The Public Employment Risk Reduction Program's (PERRP) Bloodborne Pathogens standard requires that Miami University develop a written Exposure Control Plan to eliminate or minimize employee exposure ...

A new study raises troubling concerns that ambulatory care nurses fail to comply with standard precautions intended to protect them from blood-borne pathogens. Standard precautions are the minimum ...

HealthDay News — Fewer than 20% of nurses report compliance with all nine Standard Precautions (SP), although adherence is the most effective means of preventing bloodborne pathogen transmission, ...

The requirements of OSHA’s bloodborne pathogens standard can be found in Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations at 29 CFR 1910.1030. The standard’s requirements state what employers must do to ...

The risk of exposure to bloodborne pathogens is one that law enforcement personnel face everyday. Coastal Training Technologies' "Bloodborne Pathogens for Law Enforcement" is an informative training ...

Correspondence to Dr Christopher McGrew, Family and Community Medicine Unversity of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Abuquerque New Mexico 87114, USAOrthopedics and Rehabilitation, Sports Medicine ...

This article describes how the protection motivation theory (PMT) was used to inform the production of video curriculum for a bloodborne pathogens training program for hospital nurses. Although ...

Bloodborne pathogens, such as bacteria and viruses, are present in blood and body fluids and can cause disease in humans. The bloodborne pathogens of primary concern are hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and ...