Course curriculum

This online Exposure Control, Needlestick Risk and Sharps Safety Class provides meaningful content intended to educate students on pathogens exposure and methods used to control occupational exposure from needlesticks.

  • 1

    INTRODUCTION

    • OBJECTIVES
  • 2

    EXPOSURE RISKS IN THE WORKPLACE

    • NEEDLESTICK AND SHARPS RISK

    • BLOODBORNE PATHOGEN RISK

    • WHAT IS A BLOODBORNE PATHOGEN?

    • WHO IS AT RISK?
  • 3

    HOW DO I PROTECT MYSELF?

    • STANDARD PRECAUTIONS

    • HEPATITIS B VACCINATION

    • ENGINEERING CONTROLS

    • WORK PRACTICE CONTROLS

    • HOW CAN NEEDLESTICK AND SHARPS INJURIES BE PREVENTED?

    • PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

    • EXAMPLES OF PPE

    • PPE: IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS

    • PPE: FACTORS TO CONSIDER

    • PPE USE: GLOVING TIPS

  • 4

    EXPOSURE

    • WHEN HANDLING SHARPS

    • WHAT TO DO IF YOU ARE EXPOSED

    • USE OF SHARPS CONTAINERS

    • MANAGING FULL SHARPS CONTAINERS
  • 5

    SUMMARY

    • SUMMARY

    • REFERENCES

    • END OF CLASS QUIZ

Pricing

In order to be compliant, training must be completed annually and a new completion certificate is required. We make it easy and affordable!

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You must complete a re-certification course

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    Exposure Control, Needlestick Risk and Sharps Safety - Re-Certification 1

    Learn all the requirements for OSHA safety in your ASC

    22 Lessons $9.95

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What you can expect

  • On-Line

    This class is 100% online and self-paced, which allows you to start and stop at any time and as often as necessary to accommodate your schedule.

  • Flexible

    The course can be taken on any device that has access to the Internet: Desktop computers - Laptop computers - Tablets - or even your Smartphone!

  • Convenient

    No difficult installation or account setup. You can even start your class on one device and finish it later on another device by simply signing into your student account.

Other Benefits Include

  • Instant certificate upon completion of course requirements; 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

  • No fail format. You will have unlimited chances to pass the required test.

  • Self-paced: start and stop the course as often as necessary to accommodate your schedule.

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