Within the workplace and cleaning medical centers or even regular business areas you can run into bodily fluids. These bodily fluids can contain bloodborne pathogens, or BBPs, that can be spread through a number of different ways.

They can be transferred through blood or other infectious bodily fluids that you may come into contact then you can be exposed by touching your eyes, nose, or mouth. They can spread through cuts, abrasions, rashes, burns, or paper cuts of the skin. You can acquire it through touching or handling contaminated surfaces or materials, or you can get it from a sharp, contaminated object puncturing, cutting, or wounding the skin and “injecting” the pathogens into the bloodstream. It is important to note that people who are infected with bloodborne pathogens may not show any signs or symptoms, so it is essential that ALL persons in the workplace be considered infectious.

This means that any and all precautions must be taken to avoid contact. The best way to ensure the safety of the people is to educate them on how to treat and prevent bloodborne pathogens from spreading in the workplace. This is done by completing the training required.