• Avoid eating and drinking in areas where there is potential exposure to blood and body fluids
• Prohibit mouth pipetting
• Prohibit storage of food, medications, and specimens in the same place (e.g., refrigerator)
• Do not manipulate, bend, recap, or remove used needles. Utilize one-hand “scoop” technique if recapping needle is necessary
• Replace sharps containers when approximately 3/4 full
• Use tongs or dust pan and broom to pick up broken glass
• Place all linen in fluid resistant (impervious) linen bags
• Dispose of infectious waste (any material or item contaminated with blood or body fluids, sharps, pathological and microbiological waste) in red biohazard bags or sharps container
• Place specimen containers into a clear plastic, resealable bag
• Promptly clean up small blood/body fluid spills (per Infection Control manual)
• Contact Environmental Services to handle large blood/body fluid spills
• Clean and disinfect all equipment and surfaces that come in contact with blood and body fluids
• Appropriate hand hygiene

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