Exposure Control. (a) The Employer agrees to take every reasonable measure to prevent occupational transmission of TB and other communicable diseases. All employees shall have access to the written TB exposure control plan. Counseling on Hepatitis C shall be included in the exposure protocol. (b) The Employer shall provide confidential twenty-four (24) hour information and referral for employees sustaining needlestick injuries or other blood and body fluid exposures. Efforts will be made to identify all staff exposed to communicable and infectious diseases. These staff members will be notified using all available contact information and instructed on follow-up within seventy-two (72) hours of being identified as exposed. Such notification will be documented and shared monthly with the Health and Safety Committee.
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Exposure Control. (a) A. The Employer agrees to take every reasonable measure to prevent occupational transmission of TB and other communicable diseases. All employees shall have access to the written TB exposure control plan. Counseling on Hepatitis C shall be included in the exposure protocol.
(b) B. The Employer shall provide confidential twenty-four (24) hour information and referral for employees sustaining needlestick injuries or other blood and body fluid exposures. Efforts will be made to identify all staff exposed to communicable and infectious diseases. These staff members will be notified using all available contact information and instructed on follow-up within seventy-two (72) hours of being identified as exposed. Such notification will be documented and shared monthly with the Health and Safety Committee.
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Exposure Control. 19 (a) The Employer agrees to take every reasonable measure to prevent occupational 20 transmission of TB and other communicable diseases. All employees shall have 21 access to the written TB exposure control plan. Counseling on Hepatitis C shall be 22 included in the exposure protocol.
. 24 (b) The Employer shall provide confidential twenty-four (24) hour information and referral 25 for employees sustaining needlestick injuries or other blood and body fluid exposures. 26 Efforts will be made to identify all staff exposed to communicable and infectious 27 diseases. These staff members will be notified using all available contact information 28 and instructed on follow-up within seventy-two (72) hours of being identified as 29 exposed. Such notification will be documented and shared monthly with the Health 30 and Safety Committee.
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