Work Practice Controls
Wash your hands!
Handwashing after an exposure can reduce your risk of infection.
Your employer must provide readily accessible handwashing facilities or antiseptic hand cleanser or wipes if handwashing 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.
Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.
6-4. Which of the following can reduce your risk of infection after exposure to a bloodborne pathogen?
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