Legal Documents of Sweetwater

Occupational exposures may occur in many ways, including needle sticks, cut injuries or blood spills. Several classes of employees are assumed to be at high risk for blood borne infections due to their routinely increased exposure to body fluids from potentially infected individuals. Those high risk occupations include but are not limited to:

1. Paramedics and emergency medical technicians;
2. Occupational nurses;
3. Housekeeping and laundry workers;
4. Police and security personnel;
5. Firefighters;
6. Sanitation and landfill workers; and
7. Any other employee deemed to be at high risk per this policy and an exposure determination.