This is a replay of the DVD recording of the original session from 10/30. Purpose: To assist child care businesses in understanding the OSHA requirements pertaining to bloodborne pathogens and to aid those businesses in complying with OSHA regulations.
Target Audience: Child Care Business owners/directors and those consultants called upon to assist these businesses.
Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to:
- Identify the federal regulations applying to early care and education businesses pertaining to the spread of bloodborne diseases.
- Identify how bloodborne diseases spread.
- Identify disease spread prevention strategies and methods.
- Identify components of an exposure control plan
- Identify required steps to comply with prevention of disease spread and response to exposure to bloodborne disease.
Agenda:
- 10:00 Introduction
- 10:05 Federal OSHA regulations to protect employees, overview of regulations, responsibilities of employers
- 11:00 How to comply with federal regulations to protect employees, actions employers may take to be in compliance
- 11:45 Question and answer session
- 11:55 Review Post-test and CEU instructions
- 12:00 Adjourn
Sponsors: Department of Human Services (DHS) Healthy Child Care Iowa (HCCI) Iowa Public Television, K-12 Connections (IPTV) Iowa Workforce Development, OSHA office Faculty: Jens Nissen, Executive Officer, Industrial Hygienist, Iowa Department of Labor, Iowa OSHA Administration. Sally Clausen, Community Health Consultant, Healthy Child Care Iowa, Iowa Department of Public Health
Planning Team: Sally Clausen, ARNP, BSN; Analisa Pearson, RN, BSN; Trista Peitzman, BS; Ric Hirst, MA; Jens Nissen
Registration Fee: There is no registration fee for this program.
Course Materials: Download materials for this ICN session after October 20th from the Classroom Resources page under the title Universal Precautions and Exposure Control Plans.
Cancellation Policy: Participants may call 515-281-6071 to hear a recorded message about the training session status.
Child care provider training certificates will be awarded for 2 hours of health and safety training.
Child Care Provider Training Certificates: To receive your certificate you must complete ALL of the following steps.
- Click on the Register Here button below. Follow the instructions and complete the requested information. Each person must self register—NO group registrations accepted.
- Choose an available ICN site closest to you or most convenient for you. There are no pre-determined ICN sites or limit to the number of sites selected in a region, choose whichever site works for you. To find information about ICN locations go to: http://www3.iptv.org/iowa_database/aeamap.cfm
Child Care Provider Training Certificates: To receive your certificate you must complete ALL of the following steps.
- Each person planning to attend must register online for the course. There is no group registration available for this course. YOU must register to receive credit.
- The day of the training, all attendees must sign-in to the training.
- Complete the post-test. The online link to the post-test will be sent to you via the email address you provide during registration.
- You will need to provide your name, name of child care or early education business or school, personal email address, and telephone number to receive continuing education credit and have a certificate sent to you.
- Complete and submit the online the post-test. The post-test will be available for completion through close of business Friday, November 30, 2009.
Questions? If you have a specific question about this topic and your business, submit your questions early to: sclausen@idph.state.ia.us
