Risks from bloodborne pathogens are most commonly associate with exposure to the fallowing body fluids:  

Blood : This included exposure to blood through needle sticks and sharp injuries, as  well as skin and mucous membrane  exposure.

Semen, vaginal secretions urine, feces, saliva ,vomit, tears nasal secretion.  

There are 26 different viruses That have been shown as a result of occupational exposure.

The most common bloodborne diseases are hepatitis  B( HBV) ,Hepatitis C (HCV),and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

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Bloodborne pathogens are infectious microorganisms in human blood that can cause disease in humans.  The CDC estimates that 5.6 million workers in the health care industry and related occupations are at risk of occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and others. All occupational exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials (OPIM) places workers at risk for infection from bloodborne pathogens. OSHA defines blood to mean human blood, human blood components, and products made from human blood.  

Cleaning employees and staff are in the group of workers that are at risk of exposure to blood borne pathogens. Cleaning workers are at risk wile cleaning bathrooms, patient rooms, surgery rooms, removing trash, etc. One of the most important things that employers needs to train their cleaning employees is how to avoid sharps injuries.

Even do studies show that as many as one-third of all sharps injuries occur during disposal and nurses are particularly at risk, as they sustain the most needlestick injuries. Cleaning personnel needs to pay special attention to this specially when removing garbage, replacing the linen in beds or handling laundry.

Every employer that have cleaning personnel or staff at risk should have all employees train in accordance with OSHA's Bloodborne Pathogens Standard (29 CFR 1910.1030) as amended pursuant to the 2000 Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act, OSHA safety standards for bloodborne pathogens. It’s the employer responsibility to provide proper training and safety equipment to all employees, but it is the worker who needs to pay special attention wile working to prevent sharps injuries and avoid contact with bloodborne pathogens and prevent any contamination.

  An important aspect to civilised society is the demand to maintain certain levels of cleanliness. To obtain a clean and safe environment, cleaners should be aware of bloodborne pathogens and the steps necessary to avoid contamination or exposure.

Bloodborne pathogens are pathogenic microorganisms that are present in human blood and cause diseases such as HBV Hepatitis B Virus or HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus. In order to reduce exposure certain Universal Precautions should be considered. Precautions such as the proper use of equipment like gloves,disinfectant, or color coded or properly labeled disposal containers, as well as the disinfection/ disposal of infected areas or equipment. 

In the unfortunate incident of exposure, cleaning staff should be aware of their employer's control plan and notify OSHA immediately. OSHA is the occupational safety and health administration. Established in 1970, OSHA's mission is to provide safe and healthy working conditions. Those exposed should monitor their health for signs of HBV a liver disease with symptoms including but not limited to, fatigue, abdominal pain, loss of appetite, jaundice vomiting or diarrhea. Another common infectious disease is HIV. Signs of HIV are fatigue, flulike symptoms, rashes or swollen glands. These disease may not be evident for years to come and continued vigilance is advised.

In closing, the importance of understanding and obtaining a safe and clean environment is achievable by educating those in the field. OSHA's safety guidelines are thorough and the risk of exposure is minimized when universal precautions are maintained. 

Customer service is not just about smiling and greeting you when you walk in the door. It goes far beyond this. At IJSCA, our janitorial providers are well aware of this and treat all of your concerns and issues as a top priority. Listening to the problems that you want addressed to understand how we can support you in identify a solution that works for you to solve the problem at hand. We take pride in our customer service process because we appreciate you looking to us for your cleaning needs. When you meet one of our members, you will always be greeted with a warm smile. 

Expect excellent customer services at all times from our membership. Whether its a phone call or follow-up email to say thank you for being a new or loyal customer, we will always place you first. You can view our directory of janitorial and maid service providers to see if an IJCSA member is located in your area. Give us a call. We will be ready to support your cleaning needs. 

Over my 20 years or flood, fire, wind restoration work I have seen things ranging from a glass spilled on the carpet to a entire apartment building flooded with 3 feet of water. Each situation needed different actions. IJCSA reminded me through these courses of safety protocols and and the need to communicate. The use of proper equipment is important. fans, air scrubbers, DHs even heaters always need to dry out the effected areas as soon as possible. It is great to have a community to look to for questions and answers on situations of what to do if your on a pinch or if your not quite sure what to do. 

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Exposure to BBPs is highly risky for cleaners and everyone must know about identifying potential BBP sources, assess them and take adequate control measures to prevent/avoid contamination.

Workers must be trained and monitored regularly when in a BBP working environment.

The world is changing and many companies are changing its policies as well, especially regarding to practices that affects the environment. At PMC Group Services is not going to be different; we tend to be a one hundred percent green cleaning company. 

We have started already using some practices of cleaning that minimize the impact on the environment. Moreover, it is also important have this policy on our company due to fact it is a way of making the customers aware that we care about the environment and human life. 

Many cleaning products found in the market today are poisonous to human body in a long term. Cleaning can be effectively achieved with less harmful and natural products such as lemons or vinegar which are examples of consumable for human body. For green cleaning technics go to Green Cleaning Service Directory.