Bloodborne Pathogen Standards

How to Dispose and Clean up Bloodborne Pathogens If you're a healthcare worker or medical facility manager, you're probably familiar with the complexities and crucial nature of medical waste…

Hepatitis A is a liver infection caused by the Hepatitis A virus (HAV). HAV is found in the blood and stool of infected people. Hepatitis A is highly contagious and usually transmitted by the fecal-…

  When most people visit a doctor or a dentist, they expect to receive the highest quality of care. Those who arrive with ailments expect to find relief by the end of the visit. What happens when…

  There are currently at least 10,000 diseases that affect people around the world. Some of these are minor and easy to treat while others can be life threatening. Thankfully, medical professionals…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 5.6 million workers in healthcare are exposed to bloodborne pathogens every year. Wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) is…

"Oh, I don't have to worry about that." "It's not that big of a deal." "I'm careful, what else is there to know?" When referring to bloodborne pathogens, phrases like these can be dangerous. Over 6…

    It's an infectious disease that spans the globe, affecting millions every year. It's plagued mankind for an unknown number of millennia. Wherever man has traveled, it's traveled with it, a…

You've recently found yourself amid a global health emergency. The COVID-19 pandemic has got you thinking. The spread of disease may have been a foreign concept to you or something you used to not…

There are roughly 1,000 sharps-related injuries each day. When you realize the volume of incidents involving scalpels, needles, or other sharp objects, it is easy to see why needle stick injury…