The Occupational Safety and Health Administration ensures that all employees in occupations that are at risk of contact with contaminated blood receive proper safety training. This training is intended to keep you safe and minimize the threat posed by disease. If your position is at risk and you haven't received the proper training, it's all in your best interest to keep yourself and your family protected by speaking with your employer before you enter a risk zone. Some of the diseases that you can contract from contaminated blood include the following.
So what are the dangers of having it? Unfortunately, a higher blood pressure puts you at higher risk of getting strokes and heart attacks. The risk increases as the blood pressure increases. In time, the higher pressure can cause the heart and kidneys to wear out, leading to heart failure and kidney failure. Keeping the blood pressure within normal limits can reduce these risks.
All forms of Hepatitis attacks the liver. There are three known types of Hepatitis, A, B, and C. Of the three, there is just a vaccination for type B.
This sexually transmitted disease, too, is a blood borne pathogen. It is uncommon in many areas of the world via blood transfusion due to new blood testing techniques but still occurs in rare cases.
Malaria is a mosquito borne and blood borne pathogen. While it is common in the tropical Americas, it is rare in many other areas of the world with a cold climate.
This blood borne pathogen is mostly spread through infected milk and was once called milk disease among other names. It is rare but can occur anywhere a carrier is if his blood infects another person.
The disease Leptospirosis isn't only a blood borne pathogen but can also be spread in water if it enters into contact with breaks in the skin, with the eyes, or the mucus membranes in the nose. The disease infects other animals. It has been found in rats.
This blood borne pathogen is a parasite thought to be found only in animals. Thanks to new medical knowledge and research, we now know that humans can contract this deadly malaria like disease through blood contact.
True to its name, the Viral Hemorrhagic Fever virus causes a variety of illnesses that present in excessive bleeding fever, internal hemorrhage, nausea, coma, death, and vomit.
These are just some of the diseases that you can have if just one drop of contaminated blood enters your body. Contaminated blood can be protected against if you take precautions. Some of the ways that you will be able to become infected are...
Contact with contaminated blood with an open wound, cut, or scrape can result in blood pathogen transfer. Even an abrasion on your skin or a paper cut on your finger is enough of an opening for only one of these deadly diseases to attack your bloodstream. If your chosen career puts you in harm's way, your employer should have precautions in place. If you feel you're at risk and haven't received training for blood borne pathogens, check with your human resources department. If you still feel you're being put at undo risk, contact the OSHA department of your local governments department of labor. OSHA stands for Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Do not take chances with your life or the life of your family. Blood borne pathogens can exist on your clothing.
So what are the dangers of having it? Unfortunately, a higher blood pressure puts you at higher risk of getting strokes and heart attacks. The risk increases as the blood pressure increases. In time, the higher pressure can cause the heart and kidneys to wear out, leading to heart failure and kidney failure. Keeping the blood pressure within normal limits can reduce these risks.
All forms of Hepatitis attacks the liver. There are three known types of Hepatitis, A, B, and C. Of the three, there is just a vaccination for type B.
This sexually transmitted disease, too, is a blood borne pathogen. It is uncommon in many areas of the world via blood transfusion due to new blood testing techniques but still occurs in rare cases.
Malaria is a mosquito borne and blood borne pathogen. While it is common in the tropical Americas, it is rare in many other areas of the world with a cold climate.
This blood borne pathogen is mostly spread through infected milk and was once called milk disease among other names. It is rare but can occur anywhere a carrier is if his blood infects another person.
The disease Leptospirosis isn't only a blood borne pathogen but can also be spread in water if it enters into contact with breaks in the skin, with the eyes, or the mucus membranes in the nose. The disease infects other animals. It has been found in rats.
This blood borne pathogen is a parasite thought to be found only in animals. Thanks to new medical knowledge and research, we now know that humans can contract this deadly malaria like disease through blood contact.
True to its name, the Viral Hemorrhagic Fever virus causes a variety of illnesses that present in excessive bleeding fever, internal hemorrhage, nausea, coma, death, and vomit.
These are just some of the diseases that you can have if just one drop of contaminated blood enters your body. Contaminated blood can be protected against if you take precautions. Some of the ways that you will be able to become infected are...
Contact with contaminated blood with an open wound, cut, or scrape can result in blood pathogen transfer. Even an abrasion on your skin or a paper cut on your finger is enough of an opening for only one of these deadly diseases to attack your bloodstream. If your chosen career puts you in harm's way, your employer should have precautions in place. If you feel you're at risk and haven't received training for blood borne pathogens, check with your human resources department. If you still feel you're being put at undo risk, contact the OSHA department of your local governments department of labor. OSHA stands for Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Do not take chances with your life or the life of your family. Blood borne pathogens can exist on your clothing.