• Employee Training:

1.  SBCCD will ensure training to each employee and student who has duties that require them to have contact with blood or bodily fluids.

2.  Instructors should review this information with lab technicians annually and students at the start of each semester.

a.  The SBCCD Communicable Disease policy; and 

b.  Instruction on the means that communicable diseases are spread, and the best methods for restriction and prevention of such diseases.

3.  All training must be documented by the individual presenting the training session and a copy of the training records will be submitted, Attention: District Safety & Risk Management (909) 382-4040 or email: srm@sbccd.cc.ca.us

• Reporting Protocol

Any employee, who is exposed to a communicable disease or becomes aware of another employee who may have been exposed to a communicable disease while at work, will immediately contact his or her supervisor, and the following protocol shall apply: 

(1)   The appropriate healthcare provider will coordinate all treatment of those employees who are exposed at work to a communicable disease.

(2) If hospitalization is required, the employee will be instructed to go to an appropriate medical facility. 

(3) If a period of convalescence and/or isolation is required due to exposure to a communicable disease, this will be arranged in accordance with District Policy regarding medical leave and Worker’s Compensation.  

(4)  The employee will complete and submit a report to Human Resources that includes the following information:

a. The circumstances concerning the encounter, including the known or suspected nature of the disease.

b.   The name and address of the infected person

c.  The name, address, and telephone number of the physician who is attending the infected person, if known.

d.   The names and employee numbers of all employees who have come in contact with the person suspected of being infected with a communicable disease; and 

e. Any recommendations, diagnosis, and/or treatment given by the company-authorized occupational healthcare provider.

Persons who are infected with the pandemic flu or know of someone in the College community who is, should contact college officials immediately. Students should contact the Dean of Student Services and employees should contact the Human Resources Office.