This free online course introduces OSHA's standard regarding workplace health from blood-borne pathogens. Bloodborne pathogens can cause significant morbidity and mortality in professionals and the workforce who are commonly exposed to them in their professional settings. Standards like OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens exist to prevent such exposure. In this short course, we will see the usefulness of this standard in protecting such employees through various means, such as safety practices, engineering controls, and exposure control.
| College | Alison |
| Course ID | 191892 |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 1.5-3 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | In This Free Course, You Will Learn How To • Recognize the importance of having a well-written Exposure Control Plan • Summarize the characteristics of Hep B and Hep C viruses and Human Immunodeficiency Virus • Explain the main contents of the Exposure Control Plan • State the different factors that will determine the success of an organization's Exposure Control Plan • List the essential components required to craft an Exposure Control Plan • Identify the common entry routes through which bloodborne pathogens can enter someone's body and infect it • Indicate the common occupations and professions most vulnerable to bloodborne pathogens • Identify the groups of workers that are more exposed to bloodborne infections • State the different engineering and work practice controls necessary to protect employees from bloodborne pathogens |
| Course Code | 180 |
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