Bloodborne Pathogens
Hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV at work: exposure control, vaccination, exposure incidents and the OSHA training elements
- Duration
- 1 hour
- Modules
- 4
- Final exam
- 70% to pass
- Certificate
- 12 months
Before you buy: what your employer must also provide
29 CFR 1910.1030(g)(2) requires an opportunity for interactive questions and answers with a person knowledgeable in the subject at the time of training. PlanetISO does not provide that person: your employer must make one available live (in person, by phone or by video) while you take the course. Your employer must also explain its own exposure control plan. Training must be repeated every year.
- Lifetime access to the course and your certificate
- Verifiable Certificate of Completion. Certificate valid for 12 months.
- 3 exam attempts
- Progress saved to your account on every slide
- The full course, every module, quiz and the final exam, is available in Spanish. Choose your language inside the course at any time.
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About this course
Anyone who gives first aid, cleans up after an injury or handles waste that may hold blood can be exposed to hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV. This course teaches the general content of the training required by the US OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens standard, 29 CFR 1910.1030, for employees with occupational exposure in manufacturing and industrial settings.
You will learn what bloodborne pathogens and other potentially infectious materials are, the diseases they cause and their symptoms, and how they are transmitted. You will learn how an exposure control plan works, how to recognize tasks that may involve exposure, universal precautions, engineering and work practice controls, and how to select, use, remove and dispose of PPE. You will learn about the hepatitis B vaccine and your right to receive it free within 10 working days of assignment, what to do in an emergency involving blood, what to do in the first minutes after an exposure incident, and the confidential medical evaluation and follow-up your employer must provide. The final module covers biohazard labels and red containers, training and medical records, and your training rights. Scenarios come from metal fabrication, aerospace machining and electronics assembly.
What your employer must add. OSHA accepts online training for this standard only when it is supplemented by your employer. Under 1910.1030(g)(2)(vii)(N) you must have an opportunity for interactive questions and answers with a knowledgeable person at the time of training, for example a qualified person reachable live by phone or video while you take the course. An email or voicemail answered later does not meet the requirement. PlanetISO does not provide that person. Your employer must also explain its own exposure control plan and how to get a copy, the location of PPE and kits, and the reporting route at your site, and keep the training record. State-plan states may have additional requirements, and employers outside the US follow their own regulations.
The course is for designated first aid responders, emergency response team members, janitorial and housekeeping staff, security officers and anyone else whose job involves reasonably anticipated contact with blood. Training must be repeated at least annually.
The course closes with a 10-question examination drawn from a bank of 20. On passing you receive a PlanetISO Certificate of Completion for the online instruction, valid for 12 months to match the annual training requirement.
What you will be able to do
- Describe hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV, their symptoms and how bloodborne pathogens are transmitted at work.
- Explain the purpose of an exposure control plan and identify tasks in a manufacturing site that may involve exposure.
- Apply universal precautions and describe engineering controls, work practice controls and PPE, including their limitations.
- Explain the hepatitis B vaccine, its safety, efficacy and administration, and the right to receive it free of charge.
- Respond correctly to an emergency involving blood and to an exposure incident, and describe the post-exposure evaluation and follow-up.
- Recognize biohazard labels and red containers, and state the training, interactive question and record requirements of 29 CFR 1910.1030.
Course outline
- 1
Bloodborne pathogens and how they spread
What bloodborne pathogens and other potentially infectious materials are, the diseases they cause and their symptoms, how they are transmitted, what the OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens standard covers and who in a manufacturing site has occupational exposure.
About 15 minutes, then a module quiz
- 2
The exposure control plan, universal precautions and PPE
Your employer's exposure control plan and how to get a copy, recognizing tasks that may involve exposure, universal precautions, engineering and work practice controls and their limits, PPE selection and use, cleanup, sharps and regulated waste.
About 20 minutes, then a module quiz
- 3
Hepatitis B vaccination, emergencies and exposure incidents
The hepatitis B vaccine and your right to it free of charge, what to do in an emergency involving blood, what to do in the first minutes after an exposure incident, how to report it, and the confidential medical evaluation and follow-up your employer must provide.
About 15 minutes, then a module quiz
- 4
Labels, training and records
The biohazard label and red containers, what annual bloodborne pathogens training must include, the live question-and-answer requirement for online training, and the training and medical records your employer keeps.
About 15 minutes, then a module quiz
Final examination and certificate
10 questions drawn from the course bank. Score 70% or higher to receive your Certificate of Completion.
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