This interagency live satellite workshop will originate as a digital broadcast from the National Indian Program Training Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The BLM National Training Center in Phoenix, Arizona will simulcast this telecast as an analog C-band transmission.
This workshop is being presented by the Bureau of Indian Affairs Division of Safety and Risk Management, the Bureau of Land Management National Safety Office, the National Park Service Risk Management Division, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Division of Safety and Health, and the National Indian Programs Training Center.
Program Description:
This workshop is designed to enable participants to understand how to properly implement an exposure control program that will protect employees from bloodborne pathogens in the workplace.
Target Audience: Safety officers, collateral duty safety officers, park/refuge management, school principals, school superintendents, residential life/dormitory managers, education line officers, supervisors and all employees in leadership roles who are responsible for implementing a bloodborne pathogens exposure control program.
Workshop Objectives:
- Define bloodborne pathogen (BBP), list the major BBPs that can be transmitted by an occupational exposure.
- Explain the role of blood and other potential infectious materials as vehicles in transmitting pathogens.
- Describe how to conduct an employee exposure determination, and identify which job classifications or tasks and procedures at your park could result in an occupational exposure.
- Recognize an occupational exposure and an exposure incident.
- Describe the universal precautions that should be taken to reduce the risk of exposure.
- List the controls that should be taken to reduce the risk of occupational exposure.
- Know the basic requirements for handling materials and contaminated with blood or OPIM.
- Know the labeling requirements for regulated waste or containers with OPIM.
- Identify the personal protective equipment (PPE) used and how it is used.
- Identify the requirements for HBV vaccination.
- List the steps to take in the event of an exposure incident.
- Know the reporting requirements for needle stick injuries and cuts from sharp objects.
- Explain what is to be included in a written exposure control plan.
- Know the record keeping requirements for medical records, training records, and the sharps injury logs.
Use Class Code: DOIU/NIPTC-2008-1218-Interactive Television Workshop
If your bureau does not have access to DOILEARN, send an email to
John_R_Gividen@nbc.gov with the subject line “BBP ITV Workshop Dec 18 Registration” and include your contact information in the body of the email.
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