Policy Regulation:
Occupational Safety
and Heath Administration
oIn 1991 OSHA established a Bloodborne Pathogen “performance” standard
nDesigned to protect
the employee, employers, and patients/athletes
nColleges not held accountable at this time (not under federal guidelines
oProfessional organizations have developed policies and procedures to help prevent transmission of pathogens
nOur national organization (National Athletic Trainers’s Association has a position statement