Resources for Public Safety Agencies

Resources for Public Safety Agencies

Introduction :

These links to other web sites are intended to assist public safety agencies with the development of their agency-specific bloodborne pathogen exposure control plan and to provide background and references for the plan. A link to the training schedule of the Maryland occupational safety and health agency (mosh) is also included.

Occupational safety and health administration (osha)

Standards

Osha bloodborne pathogen standard, 1991 - original standard

Amended bloodborne pathogen standard, 2001- amended standard with safe needle language

Checklists

Osha compliance directive - "enforcement procedures for the occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens" - contains checklists for measuring compliance

Model plan

Osha model exposure control plan - use as a template

Maryland occupational safety and health administration (mosh)

Training schedule

Centers for disease control and prevention (CDC)

Guidelines and recommendations

June 29, 2001 CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
Updated U.S. Public Health Service Guidelines for the Management of Occupational Exposures to HBV, HCV, and HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis
Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/RR/RR5011.pdf (Adobe format)
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5011a1.htm (html format)