POLICY: Handling of blood, urine, feces, vomit, or drainage will be done
safely according to the “Universal Precautions” guidelines as
prescribed by the Centers for Disease Control.
PURPOSE: To protect the health of children and staff from communicable disease in bodily fluids.
PROCEDURE:
- Put on disposable gloves.
- Use only disposable products to clean up bodily fluids.
- Get a plastic bag large enough to hold everything you will dispose.
- Dispose all used tissue, paper towels, diapers, gauze, cotton and/or bandages, into the plastic bag.
- Wash child's hands and anything else that touched bodily fluids with soap and warm water.
- Disinfect any area spilled, splashed, or contaminated with the bodily fluid. Launder contaminated clothes or linen in hot water and soap.
- Remove your gloves at this point and put them into the bag. Tie the bag closed and put it inside another plastic bag.
- Dispose the bag in a plastic lined trash can.
- WASH YOUR HANDS THOROUGHLY WITH SOAP AND RUNNING WATER IMMEDIATELY!
- Any exposure to bodily fluids from open cut, eyes or mouth must be reported to supervisor. Healthcare provider should be contacted if suspected of infectious disease exposure.