Biohazards
Biohazardous agents are bacteria, viruses, or parasites that cause disease. On campus, most biologically hazardous materials will be body fluids such as blood, vomit, or semen.
1. If human blood or body fluids are encountered, DO NOT CLEAN THEM UP.
2. Contact your supervisor and Campus Safety/Security at 509.358.7995. See below for procedures.
3. Secure the area to the best of your ability without touching anything contaminated. A trained staff member from Campus Safety/Security or Facilities Operations will assess the need for clean up.
4. If direct skin contact with blood or body fluids does occur, immediately wash the affected skin with hot water and soap and report it to your supervisor.
- If the skin area is intact (no cuts, abrasions, etc.) this is not considered an “exposure” and there is no danger of being infected with a pathogen.
- If the affected skin area does have cuts, abrasions, etc., a post-exposure evaluation should be performed immediately. Contact Campus Safety/Security at 509.358.7995 for further instructions.
5. Campus personnel who injure themselves and cause a blood spill should clean up the spill by themselves, if possible, with a 10% bleach solution.
6. Procedures: Prior to calling, determine how large the spill area is.
- Let Campus Security know if the spill area covers less than or more than two square feet in area.
- Do not include the entire barricade area in the spill area estimate, just the amount of area actually covered by the blood or body fluids.
- Depending on the size of the spill, either Facilities Operations or Campus Safety/Security personnel will respond as soon as possible.
7. Fill out an Incident Report form (S25.20.7) and forward it, within 24 hours, as directed. Obtain the report online or by calling 509.358.7994.
8. Immediately report accidents that result in death, serious injury (e.g., fracture, amputation) or in-patient hospitalization of WSU personnel or third parties. This applies to all personnel at the Riverpoint Campus, including WSU Spokane, EWU, Sirti, and Sirti tenants.
Contact Us
- Telephone: 509.358.7760 or 509.358.7994
- Fax: 509.368.6990
- E-mail: norenep@wsu.edu
Emergency Notification
- Campus Alert: bookmark this page
- 24-Hour Message: 509.323.2474
- Emergency assembly map