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Understanding Bloodborne Pathogens and The Keys to Prevention

24 May 2020 1:21 PM | Deleted user

Cleaning employees are essential, and perhaps more recognized now than ever before. However, that recognition comes with great responsibility. To deliver a complete service that decontaminates and at the same time ensures the safety of the staff and the ones at the facilities, it is imperative that staff is trained and that they understand the risks of not knowing. Cleaning employees, including management and the ones doing the work must understand bloodborne pathogens and how to reduce exposure.

Staff must be trained and understand protocols that will minimize any risk of infection, contamination and injuries come to an extreme high risk and not understanding it becomes a liability for the involved. OSHA provides the knowledge needed to stay safe and complete the job that follows the prescribed standards. This knowledge more than ever, is the key to contain spread of viruses and cleaning employees are in the front lines to reduce the spread. 

Training staff and establishing protocols will ensure that people are safe and that the injuries reduce in the workplace. These protocols also make people accountable, it is hard or almost impossible to do a good job when there is no knowledge. People need to know what they are supposed to do and how to do it properly in order to stay safe. We must understand that our world has forever changed due to our new environmental challenges and the new awareness of contamination by people everywhere. Us, as the cleaning industry have a major responsibility to abide by these standards and keep contamination controlled. 

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