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Importance of Understanding Bloodborne Pathogens in the Cleaning Work Place

03 Jul 2025 8:04 AM | Samantha Kendall

A crucial element in understanding the process of handling blood is knowing what not to do. There are only a few objectives you complete while transferring blood and other pathogenic fluids, yet numerous other ways these fluids could lethally damage your body and potentially others around you.

One effective way to use your understanding of bloodborne pathogens is utilizing PPE and properly following instructions while handling potentially contaminated blood in the work setting. It's one thing to wear PPE, it's another to understand how to make sure it works. Especially with gloves, though an effective tool, it is not armor. You must know not to push down trash or debris that may have needles or sharp objects that would tear through the glove material. On the contrary, you must take gloves off from the inside out, as to not touch the outside of the glove with your skin. throwing PPE away in respected containers to prevent further contamination.

It may be a good idea to ask your co-workers if they ever thought about getting Bloodborne Pathogen training to further everyone's knowledge on how to handle blood and other potentially contaminated fluids in the workplace. Understanding bloodborne pathogens means the knowledge shouldn't stop with you. This information can save people from horrendously degenerative blood infections when working in settings where all blood is considered contaminated.

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