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Bloodborne Pathogens for First Responders

U.S. Department of Labor

The Occupational safety and Health Administration recognizes the need for a regulation that prescribes safeguards to protect workers against the health hazards from exposure to blood and certain body fluids containing bloodborne pathogens, and to reduce their risk to this exposure. This booklet will help employers and employees in emergency response settings understand and comply with OSHA’s regulation on bloodborne pathogens, which was published on December 6, 1991, Title 29 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part
1910.1030.

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