Course Introduction

This course is designed to provide students with the necessary knowledge to help reduce or eliminate the occupational risk of bloodborne pathogens in various healthcare settings. The goal of this course is to help students understand the risks and develop behaviors to help protect them when exposed to potentially infectious materials, such as blood.

This course is based on both 655 Bloodborne Pathogens in the Workplace and 755 Bloodborne Pathogens Program Management. However, it also includes additional information on needlestick safety, universal precautions, laboratory safety, and more.

OSHA requires bloodborne pathogens training meet the specific needs of the employee, such as those working in the healthcare industry. This course is designed to meet those specific needs.

This course supports OSHA training requirements for bloodborne pathogens in a healthcare setting. Students can ask questions and get feedback through our website or by email while taking the course. This is a very important aspect of online training and is required to meet OSHA standards.

This course is consistent with OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard 29 CFR 1910.1030.

Modules

To begin your training, click on the module links below. If you are just starting this course, you should start with module 1.

1. What are Bloodborne Pathogens?
2. Specific Bloodborne Pathogens
3. Transmitting Bloodborne Pathogens
4. Your Employer's Exposure Control Plan
5. Recognize The Potential For Exposure
6. Exposure Control Methods
7. Needlestick Safety
8. Universal Precautions
9. Personal Protective Equipment
10. Laboratory Safety
11. Hepatitis B (HBV) Immunization
12. When An Exposure Occurs
13. Housekeeping
14. Communicating A Hazard

Please login to your student dashboard to access and download this FREE course PDF studyguide. You can save this study guide to your computer for offline studying, or print the study guide if you prefer.

Course 656 Final Exam

After studying the course material and answering the quiz questions, it is time to take the final exam. We highly recommend answering the module quiz questions to check your understanding of the course material. The final exam questions are typically developed from these quiz questions.

OSHAcademy course final exams are designed to make sure students have gained a sufficient understanding of the content covered within each course. To help demonstrate this understanding, students must achieve a passing score on course final exams. It is OSHAcademy's policy to protect the integrity of our exams: as a result, we do not provide missed questions to students.

This is an open book exam. Students are permitted to use a separate browser window to review course content while taking the exam. If you do not pass a final exam, you will see a "Retake Exam" button next to the course on your student dashboard.

If you have already paid for your certificate

If you have already paid for certificates, your exam score will be displayed on your student dashboard after successfully passing the final exam. If you chose PDF certificates, you can view and print your certificate and personal transcript from your student dashboard. If you chose original printed documents, they will be prepared and mailed to the address in your student account.

If you only want free training

OSHAcademy provides free access to all training materials, including course modules, practice quizzes, exercises, and final exams. However, exam scores, certificates, and transcripts are provided only if you purchase a certificate package to document your training. If you do not require official training documentation, we will archive your exam results should you decide to purchase official certificates later.

Please Note: If you need to retake this course for an annual refresher, please contact our office.

Take the Final Exam

Citations

1. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2018). Manual for the Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases. Retrieved from: Manual for the Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

2. Hepatitis B Foundation. (2018). Hepatitis B Fast Facts. Retrieved from: Hepatitis B Fast Facts

3. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2018). About HIV/AIDS. Retrieved from: About HIV/AIDS

4. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2018). Hepatitis B Questions and Answers for the Public. Retrieved from: Hepatitis B Questions and Answers for the Public

5. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2018). Statistics and Surveillance. Retrieved from: Statistics and Surveillance

6. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2018). Basic Statistics. Retrieved from: Basic Statistics

7. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2016). Occupational HIV Transmission and Prevention Among Health Care Workers. Retrieved from: Occupational HIV Transmission and Prevention Among Health Care Workers

8. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2016). The ABCs of Hepatitis. Retrieved from: The ABCs of Hepatitis

9. World Health Organization. (2017). Hepatitis C. Retrieved from: Hepatitis C

10. World Health Organization. (2014). Post-Exposure Prophylaxis to Prevent HIV Infection. Retrieved from: Post-Exposure Prophylaxis to Prevent HIV Infection

11. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. (1999). Preventing Needlestick Injuries in Healthcare Settings. Retrieved from: Preventing Needlestick Injuries in Healthcare Settings

12. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2014). Hepatitis B Vaccine. Retrieved from: Hepatitis B Vaccine

13. National Vaccine Information Center. (2016). How Effective is Hepatitis B Vaccine? Retrieved from: How Effective is Hepatitis B Vaccine?

14. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. (2011). Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure Incidents. Retrieved from: Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure Incidents?

Additional Resources

• OSHA's Bloodborne Pathogens Page, OSHA
• Frequently Asked Questions Page, OSHA
• Bloodborne Pathogens Fact Sheet, OSHA
• Bloodborne Pathogens Model Programs, OSHA
• Protecting Healthcare Personnel
• Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings
• Preventing Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens, CDC
• Bloodborne Pathogens eTool, CDC
• Revisions to Bloodborne Pathogens Standard, OSHA
• Reducing Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens