Pro First Aid

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Now it's time to cover how we're going to not get infected and this is going to covered under our standard precautions.

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First of all, we're going to identify potentially infectious materials.

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We know what those fluids can and are and what they can be.

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Two, we're going to isolate each of those fluids.

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Treat every fluid you find, even if it's dry now, as a potentially infectious material.

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If it's wet, it's yucky.

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Don't touch it without personal protective equipment.

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Personal protetive equipment could include gloves, a face shield,

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cpr barrier with a one way valve.

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We're going to discuss those in more detail as well,

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but they should be outlined in your employment exposure control plan.

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The employer's exposure control plan does several things for you.

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First of all, it tells you what types of job duties within that workplace are gonna have a high or higher

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risk of infectious contact and which people could be allowed to get not only additional training

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but the right equipment to protect yourself, and the Hepititus B vaccination.

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Secondly, the exposure control plan is going to outline for you

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the right steps to take if and when you do encounter blood or blood product in your workplace or in other hazerdous material.

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It's going to tell you things like various levels of risk for each employee that may have an occupational exposure,

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the training requirements so that you know what to do to protect yourself.

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Work practice controls, these are things that the employer

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, excuse me, the employee does to protect themself from getting an unnecessary exposure.

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Like, you're going to wash your hands after every biohazard cleanup process,

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even if its not on your skin, as an example.

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Engineering controls are the things your employer puts in your hand for you to use.

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Examples of that is the soap itself, the gloves that you're wearing to protect yourself,

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the face shield, the goggles, the gowns, the booties, the lab coats, the hair nets, the head coverings.

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It's going to include things like a sharps container, biohazard bags, the actual disinfecting solution

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you're going to use to actually get rid of the contaminated waste.

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And then the procedure for an exposure incident.

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When we follow these steps we're going to optimize our protection against any unnecesary exposure and

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infection we might encounter as part of our job duties.