Table 3-4
- Wash your hands and any other skin surfaces immediately and thoroughly if they become contaminated with blood or other body fluids. Use lots of soap and hot water.
- Wear clean gloves whenever there is potential exposure to blood or other body fluids except sweat. Wear surgical gloves for performing venipunctures, for touching mucous membranes or nonintact skin, or whenever there is a possibility of exposure to blood or body fluids. Remove gloves after contact with each client. Discard used gloves immediately after use in an appropriate receptacle (e.g., a plastic bag with a “biohazard” label). Wash your hands immediately after removing gloves.
- Use mask, protective eyewear, face shield, gown during any procedure that is likely to generate splashes of blood or other body fluids.
- Handle all needles, intravenous equipment, and sharp instruments with extreme care:
- Never recap, remove, bend, or break needles after use or manipulate them in any other way by hand.
- Dispose of syringes, needles, scalpel blades, and other sharp items in a puncture-resistant container kept within easy reach.