For Cleaning and janitorial companies
Bloodborne pathogens training for crews that clean medical and dental facilities
Buy a block of seats, invite people by email, and see who has finished on one page. About an hour per person, online, in English, Spanish or Amharic.
Who needs the training
- Crews cleaning physician, dental, urgent care and dialysis facilities
- Staff assigned to blood spill cleanup in any building
- Supervisors who handle regulated waste or sharps found in trash
Why
OSHA has said housekeeping workers in healthcare facilities may have occupational exposure, and anyone assigned to clean up blood or handle regulated waste does. Janitorial work in other buildings generally is not exposure unless those tasks are assigned.
When the standard applies, the cleaning company, as employer, must train each exposed employee at hire and every 12 months under 29 CFR 1910.1030(g)(2), at no cost and during working hours. Healthcare clients often ask vendors for training records.
1910.1030(g)(2)(vi) requires training material appropriate to employees' language and literacy. Each person chooses English, Spanish or Amharic.
How seats work
- Buy a block of seats. One seat is one person.
- Invite each person by email from your dashboard, or hand out the seat codes.
- The dashboard shows who has finished, who is in progress, and each certificate number and retrain date. Export it as CSV for your records.
- Anyone can check a certificate by number at /verify.
1 to 4 seats
5 to 9 seats
10 to 49 seats
50 or more
What stays with you
The course covers the training elements in 29 CFR 1910.1030(g)(2)(vii). Your written exposure control plan, training on your own site specifics, and access to a knowledgeable person for questions remain the employer's responsibility.
More detail: Do janitors and cleaning crews need bloodborne pathogens training?