File:  EBBB

PERSONNEL TRAINING—VIRAL INFECTIONS

          All school personnel having direct contact with students shall receive appropriate training in the etiology, prevention, transmission modes, and effects of blood-borne pathogens, specifically, hepatitis B and human immunodeficiency viruses or any other infections that are the subject of regulations promulgated by the Safety and Health Codes Board of the Virginia Occupational Safety and Health Program.

Adopted:       November 18, 2002

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Legal Refs:     Code of Virginia, § 22.1-271.3

Cross Refs:    EBAB            Reporting of Possible Exposure to Viral Infections

                   JHCC            Communicable Diseases

                   JHCCA           Blood-Borne Contagious or Infectious Diseases

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