Part Number: Part Number Title: Standard Number: Title: Bloodborne pathogens. Appendix: GPO Source: [56 FR 64004, Dec. 06, 1991, as amended at 57 FR 12717, April 13, 1992; 57 FR 29206, July 1, 1992; 61 FR 5507, Feb. 13, 1996; 66 FR 5325 Jan., 18, 2001; 71 FR 16672 and 16673, April 3, 2006; 73 FR 75586, Dec. 12, 2008; 76 FR 33608, June 8, 2011; 76 FR 80740, Dec. 27, 2011; 77 FR 19934,
April 3, 2012; 84 FR 21598, May 14, 2019]
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The following requirements are mandated by Washington Administrative Code [WAC]296-823, Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens. They are enforced by the Department of Labor and Industries Division of Occupational Safety and Health [DOSH]. Please check with your agencies to make sure you are in compliance with there requirements of this rule. Failure to comply may result in citations or penalties.
This is a brief summary, and is not meant to provide direction on compliance with WAC 296-823. The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration's compliance directive on occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens, CPL 2-2.69, may be referenced for additional direction. For more information or assistance, contact an L&I consultant in your area. Check the blue government section of the phone book for the office nearest you, or call L&I's 24-hour toll-free line 1-800-4-BE-SAFE. For Internet access, go to www.lni.wa.gov.
While HBV and HIV are specifically identified in the standard, "Bloodborne Pathogens" include any human pathogen present in human blood or other potentially infectious materials [OPIM].
Bloodborne pathogens may also include HCV, Hepatitis D, malaria, syphilis, babesiosis, brucellosis, leptospirosis, arboviral infections, relapsing fever, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma [caused by HTLV-I], HTLV-I associated myelopathy, disease associated with HTLV-II, and viral hemorrhagic fever.
According to the CDC, HCV infection is the most common chronic bloodborne infection in the United States. HCV is a viral infection of the liver transmitted primarily by exposure to blood.