It is with outmost importance for our staff to know the procedures to effectively clean and remédiate a Bloodborne pathogen spill scenario or incident. There has to be an outline of steps to address the cleaning and disinfecting of blood spills or other pathogens.

Knowing the risk involved dealing with Bloodborne pathogens like the fact that Hepatitis B that is more persistence then  HIV and can survive for up to a week in dried blood. Just a single teaspoon of blood can contain billions of particles in it. HIV, however, cannot survive much longer then a few minutes once exposed to air. Knowing this facts and that every blood should considered infectious the staff should be trained on how to follow the precautionary guidelines.

Training  on how and which PPE should be used for the cleaning and disinfecting of the contaminated area and work place is extremely Important for the individuals in the area. Disinfecting after cleaning will avoid further cross contamination of the Bloodborne pathogens and risk of any employee getting infected.