Bloodborne pathogens are microorganisms like viruses and pathogens. Blood borne pathogens are present in all human blood and they can cause disease in humans.

These pathogens include hepatitis the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Hepatitis B (HBV), and hepatitis C (HCV). These three types of bloodborne pathogen are the most common but there are many other types including Syphilis, Human-T-Lymphotropic Virus 1 (HTLV), and Brucellosis.

Many people assume that only healthcare employees can be exposed bloodborne pathogens, but this is not true.

In fact workers in many occupations may be at risk of exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens.

These occupations include emergency medical technicians (EMTs), firefighters, first responders, Janitorial and housekeeping employees in certain industries, nurses and other healthcare workers, and even Tattoo & body art professionals.

All of these professions can benefit from taking a free bloodborne pathogens training course that will assist them understand the risks and measures that they need to take in order to stay safe in the workplace.

As stipulated by the OSHA bloodborne pathogens standard, any employee with a reasonably anticipated risk of exposure to blood and OPIM (other potentially infectious material) must receive Bloodborne pathogen OSHA training.

When considering which workers are at risk, we can determine who requires training and provide the the relevant training to ensure the correct bloodborne pathogens certification status is achieved.

Failure for employers to comply with the standard can resulting fines of up to $70,000. Free bloodborne pathogens training can assist in meeting the above training obligations.