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Bloodborne Pathogens PowerPoint - Environmental Health and Safety

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BBP Statistics• In Washington, Labor & Industries (L&I) estimates~44,000 needlestick injuries per year• By Dec, 31, 2000, CDC reports:57 health care workers have seroconverted followingoccupational exposure to HIV– 25 have developed AIDS– 3 were lab workers working with concentrated virus– Percutaneous exposure was the most commonrouteEH&S UW <strong>Bloodborne</strong> Pathogen Training 7

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