Sports Medicine and Athletic Training: SAFETY 2.1 Identify concepts of standard precautions and OSHA standards as related to control the spread of infection 2.2 Demonstrate skills associated with standard precautions and OSHA standards.

OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration A federal agency that develops regulations for employees whose jobs may put them at risk of bloodborne pathogens Requires each workplace to develop and keep on hand an exposure control plan lists and defines staff training, staff duties, documentation of exposure, personal protective equipment, and various other items

OSHA mandates all employees who are at risk of exposure to bloodborne pathogens be offered ______________ vaccination. Each facility should have special containers for biohazardous waste. proper red biohazard label and red biohazard bag within Dispose of bloodied gauze, bandage strips, latex gloves, etc

Sharps Equipment Instruments such as scalpels, blades, razors, and uncapped needles that can penetrate the skin and cause exposure to bloodborne pathogens

What are bloodborne pathogens? Microorganisms that are present in human blood and can cause disease in humans What does contaminated mean? Presence of the reasonably anticipated presence of blood or other potentially infectious materials on an item or surface

Other potentially infectious materials include semen, vaginal secretions, cerebrospinal fluid, synovial fluid, peritoneal fluid, amniotic fluid, saliva, and any body fluid that is contaminated with blood.

OSHA mandates That an exposure control plan be on hand Training of staff about bloodborne pathogens Documentation and reporting of all exposures That personal protective equipment be available to staff That the Hepatitis B vaccine be offered to all at- risk staff That special containers be used for biohazardous materials and sharps That staff follow standard precautions That proper disinfection techniques be used to clean tools and work surfaces

Standard Precautions Infection control guidelines designed to protect workers from exposure to disease spread by contact with blood or other bodily fluids. All patients should be assumed to be infectious for bloodborne diseases.

Standard precautions stress that all patients should be assumed to be infectious for bloodborne dieases such as AIDS and hep B… Wash hands before and after all patient or specimen contact. Treat the blood of all patients as potentially infectious. Treat all linen soiled with blood or body secretions as potentially infectious. Wear gloves if contact with blood or bodily fluids is possible. Immediately place used syringes in a nearby impermeable container; do not recap or manipulate needles or sharps in any way. Wear protective eyewear and a mask if splatter with blood or body fluids is possible. Wear a mask if there is risk of infection by TB or other airborne organisms

Standard precautions to ensure the health and safety of everyone involved in treatment of athletes: Wear vinyl or latex gloves whenever touching biohazardous material such as open skin, blood, body fluids, or mucus membranes. Do not reuse gloves! Wash hands with soap and hot water immediately after they have been exposed to blood or body fluids, even if gloves were worn.

All surfaces must be thoroughly washed after being soiled with blood or body fluid. Use a 10 % household bleach solution or a commercially available disinfectant. Place all used sharps in a special, puncture-resistant sharps container. Place all discarded medical waste in a specially labeled biohazardous waste container located in the training room.

When working outdoors, dispose of medical waste by placing it in a red, plastic biohazard bag and then discarding it in the proper biohazard waste container upon return to the facility. Do not allow athletes to share towels that have been contaminated with blood or bodily fluids.

Put towels and clothing that have been contaminated with blood or bodily fluids into a biohazard bag and place that bag in the laundry basket. Be sure all athletes’ wounds are well covered before practice and competition. If you have an open wound, espcially if it is on your hand, avoid providing first aid care for injuries that involve bleeding or bodily fluids until your wounds are healed. If you must do so, be sure to wear vinyl or latex examination gloves.

TO DO: Create an infection plan to present to one of the school’s athletic groups. Tell about an experience you have witnessed or personally experienced with Standard precautions /injuries/OSHA/infection control.