person’s responsibil ity to maintain. It is the exposed person’s responsibility to provide the College with records of their exposure results to which will be held confidentially in the school ’s Admin istrative Office.
other skin surfaces should be washed immediately and thoroughly if contaminated with blood or other body fluids. Hands should be washed immediately after gloves are removed. 3. Surfaces contaminated with blood should be decontaminated with a solution made from a 1-10 dilution of household bleach and water; spray the surface with effective disinfectant. 4. Precautions should be taken to prevent injuries caused by needles, scalpels, and other sharp instruments or devices. To prevent needle-stick injuries, needles should not be recapped, purposely bent or broken by hand, removed from disposable syringes, or otherwise manipulated by hand. 5. Although saliva has not been implicated in HIV transmission, to minimize the need for emergency mouth- to-mouth resuscitation, mouthpieces, resuscitation bags or other ventilation devices should be available for use. 6. Soiled clothing should be cut off and placed in biohazard container or bag.
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C. Universal Precautions
Students and Staff must employ the universal precautions recommended currently by the Centers for Disease Control. The universal precautions include but are not limited to the following: 1. Routine use of barrier precautions to prevent skin and mucous membrane exposure when contact with blood or other body fluids is anticipated. Gloves should be worn for touching blood, bloody fluids, mucous membranes or non-intact skin (e.g. abrasions, dermatitis) for handling items or surfaces foiled with blood or body fluids, and for performing venipuncture. Gloves should be changed after contact with each client. 2. Masks, protective eye wear or
face shields, and specialized clothing should be worn during procedures that are likely to generate droplets of blood or other body fluids to prevent exposures of mucous membranes of the mouth, nose and eyes. Hands and
Resources: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (37:377-388, 1988)
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