Bloodborne pathogens certification course
Written by Judy Haluka
Last updated: November 30, 2025
Changes: updated Joint Accreditation statement to include Pacific Medical Training
Changes: updated Joint Accreditation statement to include Pacific Medical Training
Bloodborne Pathogens (BBP) Certification
Our Bloodborne pathogens course teaches hospital employees how to protect themselves and others from being exposed to blood or blood-containing materials.
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Course materials
- Activity summary
- Target audience
- Educational objectives
- Faculty
- Joint Accreditation statement
- Physician continuing medical education
- Pharmacist continuing education
- Nursing continuing education
- Dentist continuing education
- Disclosure of conflicts of interest
- Method of participation and request for credit
- Media
- Disclosure of unlabeled use
- Disclaimer
- Bloodborne pathogens
- Bodily fluids
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatitis A
- Staph infections – methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
- Tuberculous (TB)
- Scabies
- Ringworm
- Molluscum contagiosum
- Herpes zoster
- Herpes simplex
- General reduction of transmission
- The skin
- Disease and conditions of the skin
- Works cited
- How should my company protect me?
- How does exposure occur?
- Works cited
- Safety devices
- Hepatitis B vaccination
- Other
- Information and training
- Bloodborne pathogen standard
- General Management
- Exposure control committee
- Education and training coordinator
- Employees
- Availability of the exposure control plan to employees
- Review and update of the plan
- Exposure determination
- Job classifications in which all employees have exposure to bloodborne pathogens
- Job classifications in which some employees have exposure to bloodborne pathogens
- Tasks and procedures that may result in exposure
- Methods of compliance
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