USD Guidelines for Handling Body Fluids in School

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• USD Guidelines for Handling Body Fluids in School
• 2008-2009
• Training

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• The following guidelines are meant to provide
  effective precautions against transmission of
  disease for all persons potentially exposed to
  the blood or body fluids of any student.
• No distinction is made between body fluids from
  students with a known disease or those from
  students without symptoms or with an undiagnosed
  disease.

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The body fluids of all persons should be
considered to be potentially infectious.Contact
with body fluids presents a risk of infection
with a variety of germs however the risk of
infection is very low and dependent on a variety
of factors including the type of contact made
with the body fluid.
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• The following table provides examples of
  particular organisms that may occur in body
  fluids of children and the respective
  transmission concerns. Transmission of
  communicable diseases is more likely to occur
  from contact with infected body fluids of
  unrecognized carriers than from contact with
  fluids from recognized individuals because simple
  precautions are not taken.

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Body Fluid Organism of Transmission Source
Concern Concern

• Blood Hepatitis B virus Blood stream
• Cuts/abrasions HIV inoculation
• nosebleeds Cytomegalovirus through
• menses HCV cuts
• Contaminated abrasions on
• needles hands
• Direct blood stream
• inoculation

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Body Fluid Organism of Transmission Source
Concern Concern

• Feces Salmonella bacteria Oral
  inoculation
• Incontinence Shingella bacteria from
  hands
• Rotavirus
• Hepatitis A

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Body Fluid Organism of Transmission Source
Concern Concern

• Urine Cytomegalovirus Bloodstream
• Incontinence oral
  inoculation from contaminated
  hands

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Body Fluid Organism of Transmission Source
Concern Concern

• Respiratory Mononucleosis virus Oral inoculation
• secretions Common Cold virus from
  contaminated Saliva Influenza virus
  hands
• Nasal discharge

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Body Fluid Organism of Transmission Source
Concern Concern

• Vomitus Gastrointestinal Oral Inoculation
• Virus, e.g. from
  contaminated Norwalk agent hands
• Rotavirus

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Body Fluid Organism of Transmission Source
Concern Concern

• Semen Hepatitis B Sexual Contact
• HIV (intercourse)
• Gonorrhea
• Possible transmission of HIV and Hepatitis B
  and C is of little concern from these sources.

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• To access more information regarding how to avoid
  contact with body fluids, along with how to
  respond to contamination by body fluids, see
  Uintah School District Policy
• 007.0715