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exposure to blood borne pathogens and to promote good hygiene.

Jack & Jill Children’s Center provides the following personal protective equipment: vinyl/latex
gloves in a variety of sizes. Team members are required to have personal protective equipment
in their immediate area at all times. When traveling outside of the classroom area, team
members are required to carry the First-Aid Bag on their person at all times. Team members
are required to use the personal protective equipment in each and every instance warranted by
this and other policies and procedures, in the manner in which the personal protective
equipment is designed. Failure to appropriately use personal protective equipment at any time
will result in disciplinary action up to and including termination.

Team members should be mindful of blood or OPIM on their clothing or personal items.
Contaminated clothing and personal items must be cleaned and/or disposed of in a manner to
ensure that further exposure does not occur. This may require that a team member’s clothing
be torn or cut off and/or thrown away. Jack & Jill Children’s Center is not responsible for
clothing or personal items ruined or destroyed as a result of contamination and/or removal as
per this policy.

Team members are required to attend an annual blood borne Pathogens and
Universal/Standard Precautions Training. Jack & Jill Children’s Center will provide the
required blood borne pathogen training and team members will be notified in writing of the
date and time of such training. Failure to attend this training will result in disciplinary action up
to and including termination.