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BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS IN SCHOOLS: THE FUNDAMENTALS

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        1. Where is the Standard Exposure Control plan located in your building?                                                              
        2. To whom do you report if you have an occupational exposure to blood or other body fluids.                              
        3. Who is responsible for furnishing you with personal protective equipment to prevent exposure to blood or other potentially infective materials?                                                                                                                                            
        4. is the single, most important method of infection control. 
        5.  True  False  When an individual is infected with BBPs, the pathogens live in their bloodstream and their body fluids.
        6. True   False  Those infected can spread the disease to others, but only if symptoms are present.
        7. True   False   HCV is far more infectious than HIV – and is more easily spread in the workplace.
        8. True   False  Symptoms of HBV infection are often like the flu with headaches, nausea, fatigue and fever.
        9. True   False  Currently, there are vaccines for HCV and HBV, but no vaccine for HIV.
        10True   False  When the immune system breaks down, AIDS develops in those with HIV.
        11.True  False  The only way to detect HIV, HBV, or HCV is through a blood test.
        12.True  False  HBV and HCV can be spread through the air like the flu or a common cold.
        13.True  False BBPs are most often spread through sharing needles or unprotected sex.
        14.True   False  If you are exposed to a bloodborne pathogen, you are automatically infected.
        15.True False  Children can be infected with hepatitis at birth.
        16.True False  HBV can live outside the body for only sixteen hours.
        17.True False  HIV can survive outside the body on environmental surfaces for at least one week – and still cause infection.
        18.True   False  BBPs can enter through your bloodstream through acne.
        19.True  False  It is possible to be exposed to BBPs if you share a toothbrush with an infected person.
        20.True  False  Your facility’s Exposure Control Manual will explain the specific ways you can get exposed to BBPs at your school.
        21. True  False  To follow Standard Precautions, you assume that everyone is infected with a BBP and act accordingly.
        22. True  False  If PPE is damaged, it cannot protect you from exposure to BBPs.
        23. True  False  If you have to pick up potentially contaminated sharps like broken glass, wear disposable gloves.
        24. True  False  Dispose of broken glass and sharp objects in a garbage can with a facility-approved plastic bag.