OSHA-Compliant Standard Precautions Training

You need an infection control strategy now. Learn the OSHA Standard Precautions (f/k/a Universal Precautions) to take for bloodborne pathogens.

As monkeypox spreads and COVID-19 case counts increase, bodily fluids are a growing concern. Before they ooze their way to infections, illnesses, and lawsuits this summer, you need to put procedures in place to protect your staff, customers, and other visitors.

OSHA uses Standard Precautions (f/k/a Universal Precautions) that direct workers to treat all human blood and other bodily fluids as if they contain bloodborne pathogens. These microorganisms must be stopped before they cause disease. Exposures to bodily fluids occur across a wide variety of occupations, requiring you to implement an infection control strategy for your workplace.

• Which bodily fluids require Standard Precautions? Which don’t?
• How should you handle bodily fluids in the workplace?
• Do Universal Precautions differ from Standard Precautions?
• What Standard Precautions should you and your staff take?
• What safe injection practices should employees follow?
• What is “bleeding the area”? Why should you teach this practice?