Principles of Compliance

Cumberland University will provide the procedures, training, equipment, and environment employees and students need to work safely. Cumberland University also observes the use of Universal Precautions to prevent contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials.

Under circumstances in which differentiation between body fluid types is difficult or impossible, all body fluids shall be considered potentially infectious material. Specifically, these body fluids are defined as including, but not limited to: semen, vaginal secretions, cerebrospinal fluid, synovial fluid, pleural fluid, pericardial fluid, amniotic fluid, saliva in dental procedures, any body fluid that is visibly contaminated with blood, and all body fluids in situations where it is difficult or impossible to differentiate between body fluids.