Work Practice Controls
Wash your hands!
Hand washing after an exposure can reduce your risk of infection.
Your employer must provide readily accessible hand-washing facilities or antiseptic hand cleanser or wipes if hand-washing facilities are not available.
Perform hand washing immediately after any exposure, even if you were wearing gloves. Vigorous scrubbing with soap or alcohol-based foam or gel and warm water is considered the most effective technique. This will further reduce your risk of infection resulting from an exposure.
Prohibited Practices
Practices that are completely prohibited in the workplace include: bending, recapping, and removing contaminated needles, shearing or breaking needles, and mouth pipetting or suctioning of potentially infectious material.
These practices significantly increase the risk of exposure. As a result, they should never be performed by employees.
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6-4. What can greatly reduce the risk of infection after an exposure to bloodborne pathogens?
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