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Contents : 2.19 CRAIG POLICE DEPARTMENT Office of Chief of Police General Order Date Issued: September 1 1998 Bloodborne Pathogens Plan Subject: All Personnel To: Revision Date: Reference: April 1 2009 INTRODUCTION According to Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) estimates approximately 5.6 million workers in health care and other facilities are at risk of exposure to blood borne pathogens such as the human immunodeficiency (HIV) and hepatitis B (HBV) viruses and other potentially infections materials. Those workers at risk include law enforcement personnel corrections officers and anyone whose job might require providing first-response medical care in which there is a reasonable expectation of contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials. On December 6 1991 OSHA published The Final Rule CFR 1910.1030 titles Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens. The Final Rule is the product of approximately five years of study to develop a policy to protect people from occupational exposure to blood borne diseases. The goal of The Final Rule is to reduce the number of occupational exposures and transmissions of diseases carried in blood. A number of steps have been incorporated into the Craig Police Department s Infection Control Plan. Although OSHA has set specific requirements it is left to individual agencies to develop an exposure control plan that meets the particular needs of that agency. The department has implemented the following exposure control plan to meet those requirements set forth in The Final Rule. 2.19 Bloodborne Pathogens Plan 09 -1- BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS EXPOSURE CONTROL PLAN TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 1 Definitions 3 I. Exposure Determination 5 II. Universal Precautions 5 III. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) 6 IV. PPE Usage and Re-Supply 9 V. Housekeeping 9 VI. Hepatitis B Vaccination Program and TB Testing 11 VII Exposure Incidents and Post-Exposure Evaluation 11 VIII Medical Records 13 IX Training 14 X Training Records 16 Appendix - Hepatitis B Information 17 Appendix - Tuberculosis Information 21 FORMS Hepatitis B Vaccination Consent Form 22 Hepatitis B Vaccination Declination Form 23 Hepatitis B Vaccination Record 24 Exposure Incident Report 25 Post-Exposure Incident Follow-Up Check List 26 2.19 Bloodborne Pathogens Plan 09 -2- DEFINITIONS BLOOD Human blood human blood components and products made from human blood. BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS Pathogenic microorganisms that are present in and cause disease in humans these pathogens include but are not limited to Hepatits B virus (HBV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) CONTAMINATED The presence or reasonably anticipated presence of blood or other potentially infectious materials on an item or surface. CONTAMINATED LAUNDRY Laundry which had been soiled with blood or other potentially infectious materials or may contain sharps. CONTAMINATED SHARPS Any contaminated object that can penetrate the skin including but not limited to needles knives broken glass jagged metal and so on. DECONTAMINATION The use of physical or chemical means to remove inactivate or destroy Bloodborne Pathogens on a surface or item to the point they are no longer capable of transmitting infectious particles and the surface or item is rendered safe for handling use or disposal. DEPARTMENT The Craig Police Department ENGINEERING CONTROLS Controls i.e. sharps disposal containers self-sheathing needles that isolate or remove the blood borne hazard from the workplace. EXPOSURE POTENTIAL All employees who have potential exposure to infectious or potentially infectious materials or persons EXPOSURE INCIDENT A specific eye mouth other mucous membrane non-intact skin or parenteral contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials that result from performance of an employee's duties. 2.19 Bloodborne Pathogens Plan 09 -3- LICENSED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL A person whose legally permitted scope of practice allows him or her to independently perform the activities related to Hepatitis B vaccination and/or Post-exposure Evaluation and follow up. HEPATITIS B VIRUS (HBV) Both are a chronic liver disease transmitted by blood. HEPATITIS C (nonB Hepatitis) HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) A disease affecting the immune system the accepted term for AIDS ARC and related immune diseases. OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE Reasonably anticipated skin eye mucous membrane or parenteral contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials that may result from the performance of an employees duties. OTHER POTENTIALLY INFECTIOUS MATERIALS The following body fluids semen vaginal secretions cerebrospinal fluid synovial fluid pericardial fluid saliva any body fluid that is visibly contaminated with blood and all body fluids where it is difficult or impossible to differentiate between body fluids. Also any unfixed tissue or organ (othe

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