Potential exposure to a bloodborne pathogen is way more common and deadly than people may think. If even small risks are not taken care of properly, it could harm not only the person exposed, but the people they then expose while they are clueless about what they're carrying around. Cluelessness can be deadly. Companies need to take this into serious consideration and evaluate if their current policies and procedures truly protect their staff and customers. 

Incidents they seem small to the unknowing can lead to serious illnesses such as HBV and HIV, which can severely damage your liver and even cause AIDS as well as cancer. Could you imagine you get Liver Cancer from cleaning up a soiled bed at work a few years ago? Symptoms don't immediately show themselves, meaning you can carry this around for years, even unknowingly spreading it to your loved ones, without any knowledge you have it in the first place. 

Without proper knowledge and protection while dealing with potential Bloodborne Pathogens people could die. This is why it is so important for people, especially cleaning staff dealing with these hands-on, to have the knowledge of risks and protective measures as well as the access to what they need provided by the company they work for. This isn't something to say "Oh, that'll never happen to me" and go on about your day. This is something to stand up and advocate for. The expansion of knowledge and awareness is crucial to keep everyone arriving and leaving work as healthy as they can be.