About this course
This course covers OSHA's Bloodborne Pathogens Standard, 29 CFR 1910.1030, which protects employees from occupational exposure to blood and other potentially infectious materials (OPIM). While food manufacturing is not a healthcare setting, most facilities designate employees — first-aid responders, safety leads, or supervisors — who may be called on to assist an injured coworker, and those employees fall under this standard's training and protection requirements.
The standard requires covered employers to maintain a written Exposure Control Plan, apply universal precautions (treating all blood and OPIM as if infectious), provide appropriate personal protective equipment such as gloves and, where indicated, eye and face protection at no cost to employees, offer the Hepatitis B vaccine free of charge to employees with occupational exposure, and provide initial training at the time of assignment with annual refresher training thereafter. Employers must also have a documented post-exposure evaluation and follow-up procedure available if an exposure incident occurs.
This course is intended for employees with reasonably anticipated occupational exposure to blood or OPIM — typically designated first responders, safety and security personnel, and supervisors who may render first aid — rather than the full workforce. Facilities should identify which roles carry this exposure risk as part of their Exposure Control Plan.
After completing this course, learners will be able to apply universal precautions when responding to a workplace injury, correctly use and dispose of PPE and sharps, understand the purpose of the Hepatitis B vaccination offer, and know the steps to take immediately following a bloodborne pathogen exposure incident.
Topics covered
- What counts as blood and "other potentially infectious materials" (OPIM)
- Universal precautions and engineering/work practice controls
- PPE selection, use, and disposal
- Hepatitis B vaccination and post-exposure evaluation procedures
- Reporting and documenting an exposure incident
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