BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS (BBP)
TRAINING ACCURATE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
What does BBP stand for? - ANSWER bloodborne pathogens
What does OSHA stand for? - ANSWER Occupational Safety and Health Administration
What are the regulations issued by Osha? - ANSWER protect employees by requiring their employers to
reduce/remove hazards from the workplace that may place employees in contact with potentially
infectious material
who do the regulations apply to? - ANSWER those employees who have potential exposure to these BBP
and infectious materials
what does OSHA believe? - ANSWER by providing safeguards (i.e. proper work practices, use of
equipment), disease transmission can be minimized
What is BBP? - ANSWER disease causing microorganisms, most commonly bacteria and viruses, present
in blood or other potentially infectious materials
What do these potentially infectious material include? - ANSWER Blood, saliva, semen/vaginal
secretions, synovial fluid, cerebrospinal fluid, amniotic fluid, pericardial/peritoneal/pleural fluid. OR any
unfixed tissue cultures (other than intact skin) from a human or from experimental animals infected
How are disease spread? (The Chain of Infection) - ANSWER Infectious agent, Susceptible host, portal of
entry, means of transmission, portal of exit, reservoirs
4 way pathogens enter the body - ANSWER 1. Direct Contact
2. Indirect Contact
3. Airborne
4. Vector-borne
, 3 major BBP of Concern - ANSWER 1. Hepatitis B Virus (HBV)
2. Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)
3. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
What is hepatitis? - ANSWER inflammation of the liver
what is the most common transmission of Hepatitis? - ANSWER Sharp Instrument injection
What is the most common chronic BBP in US - ANSWER HCV
How long can HBV survive outside the body? - ANSWER 7 days
How long can HIV live at most outside the body? - ANSWER 2 hours
Is there a vaccine for HBV? - ANSWER Yes, 3 shot series. employers are suppose to offer employees at
risk for exposure this vaccine- no cost and during working hours
Is their treatment for HCV? - ANSWER still unsure of long-term effects
What does HIV do? - ANSWER invades and destroys white blood cells and body's ability to fight infection
Someone who is infected with HIV and may look and feel healthy, what is happening? - ANSWER the
virus is breaking down their immune system
HIV infected people may develop what? - ANSWER AIDS
How is HIV transmitted? - ANSWER direct/indirect contact
TRAINING ACCURATE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
What does BBP stand for? - ANSWER bloodborne pathogens
What does OSHA stand for? - ANSWER Occupational Safety and Health Administration
What are the regulations issued by Osha? - ANSWER protect employees by requiring their employers to
reduce/remove hazards from the workplace that may place employees in contact with potentially
infectious material
who do the regulations apply to? - ANSWER those employees who have potential exposure to these BBP
and infectious materials
what does OSHA believe? - ANSWER by providing safeguards (i.e. proper work practices, use of
equipment), disease transmission can be minimized
What is BBP? - ANSWER disease causing microorganisms, most commonly bacteria and viruses, present
in blood or other potentially infectious materials
What do these potentially infectious material include? - ANSWER Blood, saliva, semen/vaginal
secretions, synovial fluid, cerebrospinal fluid, amniotic fluid, pericardial/peritoneal/pleural fluid. OR any
unfixed tissue cultures (other than intact skin) from a human or from experimental animals infected
How are disease spread? (The Chain of Infection) - ANSWER Infectious agent, Susceptible host, portal of
entry, means of transmission, portal of exit, reservoirs
4 way pathogens enter the body - ANSWER 1. Direct Contact
2. Indirect Contact
3. Airborne
4. Vector-borne
, 3 major BBP of Concern - ANSWER 1. Hepatitis B Virus (HBV)
2. Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)
3. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
What is hepatitis? - ANSWER inflammation of the liver
what is the most common transmission of Hepatitis? - ANSWER Sharp Instrument injection
What is the most common chronic BBP in US - ANSWER HCV
How long can HBV survive outside the body? - ANSWER 7 days
How long can HIV live at most outside the body? - ANSWER 2 hours
Is there a vaccine for HBV? - ANSWER Yes, 3 shot series. employers are suppose to offer employees at
risk for exposure this vaccine- no cost and during working hours
Is their treatment for HCV? - ANSWER still unsure of long-term effects
What does HIV do? - ANSWER invades and destroys white blood cells and body's ability to fight infection
Someone who is infected with HIV and may look and feel healthy, what is happening? - ANSWER the
virus is breaking down their immune system
HIV infected people may develop what? - ANSWER AIDS
How is HIV transmitted? - ANSWER direct/indirect contact
