PESO: Biological Hazards
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PESO: Easy-To-Use Training in English and Spanish
PESO: Easy-To-Use Training in English and Spanish PESO is an easy-to-use, bilingual toolkit created by the Oregon OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Program to help employers deliver job safety training and reduce workplace injuries and illnesses. The complete toolkit contains tookbox talks, handouts,training modules and overheads to use for presentations. The complete toolkits are posted on the OR-OSHA website at www.orosha.org. The following are links to the PESO toolbox talks in this collection:
Documents
- PESO: Accident Investigation
- PESO: Biological Hazards
- PESO: Excavations
- PESO: Hazard Communication
- PESO: Hazardous Energy Control
- PESO: Hazard Identification
- PESO: Industrial Vehicles
- PESO: Machine Guards
- PESO: Manual Material Handling
- PESO: Health in Construction
- PESO: Portable Ladders
- PESO: Scaffolds
- PESO: Slide Guards
- PESO: Safety Committee
Summary Statement
Brief description of the hazards associated with exposure to bloodborne pathogens and bacteria in human blood. Part of a collection. Click on the 'collection' button to access the other items.
Bloodborne pathogens are viruses and bacteria in human blood.
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) are two viruses in human blood that can cause illnesses or death.
Human Blood cells
If you are exposed to human blood you are covered by the standard.
If you are exposed to Other Potentially Infectious Materials (OPIM) from human body fluids, such as semen, vaginal secetions, and fluids that you can see blood, you are also covered by the standard.
How does blood and OPIM get into the body?
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| Punctures | Broken skin | Eyes | Mouth | Nose | Reproductive |
Protection
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| Tools | Gloves | Wash hands | Vaccine |
The employer must have an exposure plan.
If your are exposed, contact your employer immediately!
