GS Textile Industries Kenya EPZ.
, Ltd
Training : Blood borne Pathogens Training Date:15th Nov 2024
Conducted by:Compliance Officer
Trainees: Factory Employees
Blood borne Pathogens what are they?
• Infectious materials in human blood and body fluids that can cause disease in humans.
• Exposure can result in serious illness or death.
Who is at risk?
• Anyone who comes in contact with human blood or body fluids.
• Anyone who touches potentially contaminated surfaces or equipment.
Workplace Transmission
• Blood
• Body Fluids containing visible blood
• Semen and vaginal secretions
• Torn or loose skin
Not infectious for blood borne pathogens
• Feces
• Urine
• Tears
• Saliva
** Unless visible blood
Workplace Transmission
• Accidental Injury
– Broken Glass
– Sharp metal
– Needles
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– Knives
– Orthodontic wires that are exposed
How do blood borne pathogens enter your body?
• Indirect Transmission
– Open cuts and nicks
– Skin abrasions
– Dermatitis
– Acne
– Mucous membranes of eyes, nose or mouth
Standard Precautions
• Treat all blood and body fluids as potentially infectious.
• Critical because it is impossible to tell who is infected with HBV or HIV by appearances.
• Many have no knowledge or symptoms of their disease.
Reducing Your Risk of Exposure
Personal protective equipment
– Gloves, mask, gown, lab coat, face shield, protective eye wear
• Engineering controls
• Housekeeping
• Hepatitis B vaccine
PPE based on anticipated exposure
• Gloves- any time contact with blood or other body fluids may occur
• Masks and eye protection- if there
is any chance of splashing into
the mouth nose or eyes
• Gowns/lab coats, shoe covers- risk
of splattering or spilling on
clothes or skin
Engineering Controls
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• Devices that reduce employee risk by isolating or removing the hazard
Examples:
Sharps containers
Safety medical devices
Biosafety cabinets
Negative pressure rooms
Work Practice Controls
Depends on you!
Examples- proper handwashing,
getting Hep B vaccine
proper handling of sharps
proper disposal of infectious waste
wearing appropriate PPE
When to wash hands
• Before and after touching someone or something potentially infectious
• After removing gloves
• After handling potentially infectious material
• After using the bathroom
• Before eating, smoking, applying cosmetics, handling contact lens
Personal Hygiene
• Minimize spattering, spraying and splashing when attending to an injured person.
• Don’t eat, drink, smoke, apply cosmetics or lip balm or handle contacts where there is a risk
for exposure.
Don’t keep food and drink in refrigerators, freezers or countertops where blood or other infectious
materials are present
Biohazardous Waste Disposal
• Discard contaminated sharps in approved sharps containers
• Discard all other infectious material in red biohazard trash bags
• Picked up by biohazard waste technicians
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• Incinerated
Housekeeping/Decontamination
• Disinfect equipment and surfaces with approved disinfectant (Dispatch, 10% bleach solution,
Saniwipes) when….
• Surfaces become contaminated
• At the end of the work shift
• There is any spill of blood or other potentially infectious material (OPIM)
Blood Spill Procedure
• Prevent accidental exposure to others
• Wear appropriate PPE
• Absorb spill (paper towels or biohazard spill kit)
• Spray Dispatch or bleach solution, set for 10 min. or air dry
• Dispose of all cleaning materials and PPE in biohazard trash bag
Blood borne Pathogens of Concern
• Hepatitis B
• Hepatitis C
• HIV/AIDS
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