Training

Employers must provide a training program for bloodborne pathogen exposure, at no cost and during working hours, to all employees at risk for occupational exposures. Employees who have already had some training in bloodborne pathogens in the year prior, only need training on subjects that their previous training did not cover. Employers must also provide training updates when the tasks or procedures done by the employee change or create a new exposure. The training must include the following, at a minimum:

• A copy and explanation of the standard
• General explanations of the incidence, distribution, and possible control of bloodborne pathogens and symptoms of bloodborne diseases
• An explanation of how bloodborne diseases are transmitted
• The employer's exposure control plan and how the employees can obtain a copy
• How to recognize tasks that may involve exposures to bloodborne pathogens
• The methods (and limitations of those methods) that will prevent exposures to bloodborne pathogens, including appropriate engineering controls, PPE, and work practices
• The types, proper use, location, removal, handling, decontamination, and disposal of PPE
• The selection of appropriate PPE
• Information on the hepatitis B vaccination, including the benefits and the fact that it is offered at no cost to the employee
• Actions and procedures to be followed in the event of exposure and a description of the post-exposure evaluation
• Labeling and signage requirements

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