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<p>POLICY NO: <strong>2004</strong><br />EFFECTIVE DATE: <strong>03/17/03</strong><br />REVISED DATE: <strong>01/13/10</strong><br />REVIEWED DATE: <strong>12/02/09</strong></p> | <p>POLICY NO: <strong>2004</strong><br />EFFECTIVE DATE: <strong>03/17/03</strong><br />REVISED DATE: <strong>01/13/10</strong><br />REVIEWED DATE: <strong>12/02/09</strong></p> | ||
<h2>Basis for Policy:</h2> | <h2>Basis for Policy:</h2> | ||
<p>The University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) is committed to providing a safe and healthful work environment to prevent or minimize staff, researchers and student exposure to bloodborne pathogens and offer appropriate initial treatment/follow-up, when or if such exposures occur.</p> | <p>The [http://info.unmc.edu/ University of Nebraska Medical Center] (UNMC) is committed to providing a safe and healthful work environment to prevent or minimize staff, researchers and student exposure to bloodborne pathogens and offer appropriate initial treatment/follow-up, when or if such exposures occur.</p> | ||
<h2>Policy:</h2> | <h2>Policy:</h2> | ||
<p>It is the policy of UNMC to follow the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) final rule for the Bloodborne Pathogens Standard (Federal Register 56:64003-64182)29CFR 1910.1030, promulgated December 6, 1991 (Appendix II [56:64175-64182]), Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines, and legal requirements, when making decisions regarding rights and responsibilities of individuals exposed to or currently under treatment for a bloodborne pathogen/disease. To ensure compliance with these authoritative regulations and provide guidance to UNMC staff, researchers and students a Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure Control Plan has been designed to eliminate or minimize exposure to bloodborne pathogens such as the following (see the Glossary in Appendix I of the Plan for definition of these and other terms.):</p> | <p>It is the policy of UNMC to follow the [http://www.osha.gov/ Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration's] (OSHA) Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) final rule for the Bloodborne Pathogens Standard (Federal Register 56:64003-64182)29CFR 1910.1030, promulgated December 6, 1991 (Appendix II [56:64175-64182]), [http://www.cdc.gov/ Centers for Disease Control] (CDC) guidelines, and legal requirements, when making decisions regarding rights and responsibilities of individuals exposed to or currently under treatment for a bloodborne pathogen/disease. To ensure compliance with these authoritative regulations and provide guidance to UNMC staff, researchers and students a Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure Control Plan has been designed to eliminate or minimize exposure to bloodborne pathogens such as the following (see the Glossary in Appendix I of the Plan for definition of these and other terms.):</p> | ||
<ul> | <ul> | ||
<li>Hepatitis B Virus (HBV)</li> | <li>Hepatitis B Virus (HBV)</li> | ||
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<li>other potentially infectious bloodborne agents</li> | <li>other potentially infectious bloodborne agents</li> | ||
</ul> | </ul> | ||
<p>All UNMC staff, researchers and students who might be exposed to bloodborne pathogens are required to read the Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure Control Plan which is available online.</p> | <p>All UNMC staff, researchers and students who might be exposed to bloodborne pathogens are required to read the [http://www.unmc.edu/media/infectionk/pdf/unmc_bbp_revised_final_11_2009.pdf Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure Control Plan] which is available online.</p> | ||
<p>For additional information, contact Marcia Beckerdite, The Nebraska Medical Center Healthcare Epidemiology, 559-3980, or see the Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure Control Plan.</p> | <p>For additional information, contact [http://mailto:mbeckerdit@nebraskamed.com Marcia Beckerdite], [http://www.unmc.edu/infectioncontrol/index.cfm?L1_ID=17CONREF=14 The Nebraska Medical Center Healthcare Epidemiology], 559-3980, or see the [http://www.unmc.edu/media/infectionk/pdf/unmc_bbp_revised_final_11_2009.pdf Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure Control Plan].</p> | ||
<p>This page maintained by dkp.</p> | <p>This page maintained by [http://mailto:dpanowic@unmcnotes.unmc.edu dkp].</p> | ||