A recent Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources post to prevent wildland fires featured masks and social distancing. (source: Donna Kallner) It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… It ...

HealthDay News — Fewer than 20% of nurses report compliance with all nine Standard Precautions (SP), although adherence is the most effective means of preventing bloodborne pathogen transmission, ...

When it comes to health care occupational risks, slips, trips, and falls are often the first to come to mind. Sharps also make the top of the list, but what is often overlooked is the cousin to sharps ...

The Public Employment Risk Reduction Program's (PERRP) Bloodborne Pathogens standard requires that Miami University develop a written Exposure Control Plan to eliminate or minimize employee exposure ...

Sanitizing, disinfecting, and cleaning chemicals are likely to be found throughout the facility. It is important to know the particular brands and styles that are being used to verify that proper ...

Bloodborne pathogens, such as bacteria and viruses, are present in blood and body fluids and can cause disease in humans. The bloodborne pathogens of primary concern are hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and ...

A new study raises troubling concerns that ambulatory care nurses fail to comply with standard precautions intended to protect them from blood-borne pathogens. Standard precautions are the minimum ...

This article describes how the protection motivation theory (PMT) was used to inform the production of video curriculum for a bloodborne pathogens training program for hospital nurses. Although ...