Bloodborne PathogensChapter 296-823, WAC |
Effective Date: 09/01/04 |
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Your Responsibility:
To train your employees about their risk of exposure to bloodborne pathogens and ways to protect themselves
You must
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Make sure all employees with occupational exposure participate in a training program that is:
- – Provided at no cost to them
- – Conducted during compensated working hours.
- Provide training when any of the following
occur:
- – Before assigning tasks where occupational exposure might occur
- – At least annually and within one year of the previous training.
- Make sure the content and vocabulary of your training materials are appropriate to the educational level, literacy, and language of your employees
- Make sure the person conducting the required training is knowledgeable about the subject matter as it relates to your workplace
- Make sure the training
program contains at least the following elements:
- – An accessible copy of this chapter and an explanation of the contents
- – A general explanation of the epidemiology and symptoms of bloodborne diseases
- – An explanation of how bloodborne pathogens are transmitted
- – An explanation of your exposure control plan and how the employee can obtain a copy of the written plan
- – An explanation of how to recognize tasks and other activities that could involve exposure to blood and other potentially infectious materials (OPIM)
- – An explanation of the use and limitations of methods that will prevent or reduce exposure including:
- Equipment and safer medical devices
- Work practices
- Personal protective equipment
- – Information about personal protective equipment (PPE) including:
- The types
- Proper use and limitations
- Selection
- Location
- Putting it on and taking it off
- Handling
- Decontamination
- Disposal
- – Information about the hepatitis B vaccine, including:
- Information about its effectiveness
- Safety
- Method of administration
- The benefits of being vaccinated
- Offered at no cost to the employee for the vaccine and vaccination
- – Information about what actions to take and persons to contact when exposure to blood or OPIM occurs outside of the normal scope of work
- – An explanation of the procedure to follow if an exposure incident occurs, including:
- The method of reporting the incident
- The medical evaluation and follow-up that will be available
- – Information about the post-exposure evaluation and follow-up procedure following an exposure incident
- – An explanation of the signs and labeling or color-coding required by this chapter
- – An opportunity for interactive questions and answers with the trainer at the time of the training session.
Note:
- This may be person-to-person, by telephone, or by e-mail, as long as the employee can both ask and receive answers during the training session.
- Provide additional training when you add or change tasks or procedures that affect the employee's occupational exposure.
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- Maintain training records for 3 years from the date of the training
- Include the following
information in your training records:
- – Dates of the training sessions
- – Contents or a summary of the training sessions
- – Names and qualifications of persons conducting the training
- – Names and job titles of all persons attending the training sessions.
- Provide these employee-training records upon
request for examination and copying to any of the following:
- – Employees
- – Employee representatives.
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Helpful Tool: A training documentation form is provided for your use in the Resources section of this chapter. |
