Bloodborne Pathogens Tattoo Artist Course: Body Art Professional
29CFR 1910.1030 Bloodborne Pathogens
100% Online Course with QR Certification
Instant Bloodborne Pathogens Certificate $37.95 (Valid for multi seat group discounts)
Bloodborne Pathogens tattoo training is mandated by OSHA for any person who may be reasonably anticipated to have contact with blood and other potentially infectious materials as a result of performing their job duties. This course contains additional bloodborne pathogens training content suitable for tattoo and piercing artists, microblading artists and others working in a body art workplace.
The Bloodborne Pathogens Certification for Tattoo Artist is for every professional that works in studios that perform procedures that pierce or break the skin.
This includes but is not limited to, tattoo artists, tattoo studio staff, body piercers, permanent cosmetic artists such as eyebrow tattooists, microbladers and body modification artists.
- Lessons: 35
- Training Time: 2-3 hours
- Sectors: Tattooing, Piercing, Permanent Cosmetics, Micro Blading, Nail Salons, Body Modification
- Employees, Supervisors, Managers
Bloodborne Pathogens Tattoo & Body Art - Curriculum
Introduction to Bloodborne Pathogens
A short overview of the course and learning outcomes.
Learn what Bloodborne Pathogens are and the highest risk types.
Learn how Bloodborne Pathogens are spread and the risk factors associated with the different types of transmission.
Learn about the risks associated with the use of sharps in a work environment.
Learn about the OSHA standard, and when and how it was implemented.
Learn who is, and is not covered by OSHA’s BBP standard.
Common Bloodborne Pathogens
Learn about the HBV virus including how it is transmitted, risk profile, symptoms and treatments.
Learn about the HCV virus including how it is transmitted, risk profile, symptoms and treatments.
Learn about the differences between the Hepatitis virus types including risk of transmission and infection.
Learn about the HIV virus including how it is transmitted, risk profile, symptoms and treatments.
Exposure Controls and PPE
Learn what obligations your employer has in protecting you from exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens in the workplace.
Learn the minimum requirements and standards that must be applied to an Employers Control Plan.
Learn about what training your employer must provide staff who may be exposed to Bloodborne Pathogens, and how often the training must take place.
Learn about the concept of Universal Precautions and how they can help protect against Bloodborne Pathogens exposures.
Learn what Work Practice Controls are and why they are important.
Learn what Engineering Controls are and why they are important.
Learn what PPE is and when it should be used.
Learn how to correctly and safely remove disposable gloves.
Learn about employer obligations to provide free HBV immunization to potentially exposed workers.
Learn about the importance of correct housekeeping practices and how they are implemented.
Learn about what you must do when exposure incidents occur.
Learn about employer obligations to keep records of sharps injuries in the workplace.
Body Art Professional
Learn about the additional risks facing professional body artists and why extra Bloodborne Pathogens training is required.
Learn about the anatomy of the human skin and how it relates to body art procedures.
Learn about how a tattoo is created and how it is visible on the skin.
Learn about specific medical issues related to tattooing and piercing procedures.
Learn about other communicable diseases that can be transmitted via tattooing and piercing procedures.
Learn about general requirements in a body art workplace.
Learn about cleaning, disinfection and sterilization procedures including using Autoclave devices.
Learn about personal protective equipment (PPE) specific to the body art workplace.
Learn how to safely prepare your work space and take all required precautions before starting a body art procedure.
Learn about best practice recommendations for tattoo and piercing aftercare.
Learn about safe waste disposal specifics for body art work environments.
Learn about employer exposure control regulations and planning.
Learn about what you need to do after an exposure occurs.
2-3 HOURS
Training Time
ASSESSMENTS
Four Quizzes
OSHA Information and Disclaimer
1910.1030 – Bloodborne Pathogens
- Part Number:1910
- Part Number Title:Occupational Safety and Health Standards
- Standard Number:
- Title:Bloodborne pathogens.
- Appendix:
- GPO Source:
Assistant Secretary means the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, or designated representative.
Blood means human blood, human blood components, and products made from human blood.
Bloodborne Pathogens means pathogenic microorganisms that are present in human blood and can cause disease in humans. These pathogens include, but are not limited to, hepatitis B virus (HBV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Clinical Laboratory means a workplace where diagnostic or other screening procedures are performed on blood or other potentially infectious materials.
Contaminated means the presence or the reasonably anticipated presence of blood or other potentially infectious materials on an item or surface.
Contaminated Laundry means laundry which has been soiled with blood or other potentially infectious materials or may contain sharps.
Contaminated Sharps means any contaminated object that can penetrate the skin including, but not limited to, needles, scalpels, broken glass, broken capillary tubes, and exposed ends of dental wires.
Decontamination means the use of physical or chemical means to remove, inactivate, or destroy bloodborne pathogens on a surface or item to the point where they are no longer capable of transmitting infectious particles and the surface or item is rendered safe for handling, use, or disposal.
Director means the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, or designated representative.
Engineering Controls means controls (e.g., sharps disposal containers, self-sheathing needles, safer medical devices, such as sharps with engineered sharps injury protections and needleless systems) that isolate or remove the bloodborne pathogens hazard from the workplace.
Exposure Incident means a specific eye, mouth, other mucous membrane, non-intact skin, or parenteral contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials that results from the performance of an employee’s duties.
Handwashing Facilities means a facility providing an adequate supply of running potable water, soap, and single-use towels or air-drying machines.
Licensed Healthcare Professional is a person whose legally permitted scope of practice allows him or her to independently perform the activities required by paragraph (f) Hepatitis B Vaccination and Post-exposure Evaluation and Follow-up.
HBV means hepatitis B virus.
HIV means human immunodeficiency virus.
Needleless systems means a device that does not use needles for:
(1) The collection of bodily fluids or withdrawal of body fluids after initial venous or arterial access is established;
(2) The administration of medication or fluids; or
(3) Any other procedure involving the potential for occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens due to percutaneous injuries from contaminated sharps.
Occupational Exposure means reasonably anticipated skin, eye, mucous membrane, or parenteral contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials that may result from the performance of an employee’s duties.
Other Potentially Infectious Materials means
(1) The following human body fluids: semen, vaginal secretions, cerebrospinal fluid, synovial fluid, pleural fluid, pericardial fluid, peritoneal 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;
(2) Any unfixed tissue or organ (other than intact skin) from a human (living or dead); and
(3) HIV-containing cell or tissue cultures, organ cultures, and HIV- or HBV-containing culture medium or other solutions; and blood, organs, or other tissues from experimental animals infected with HIV or HBV.
Parenteral means piercing mucous membranes or the skin barrier through such events as needlesticks, human bites, cuts, and abrasions.
Personal Protective Equipment is specialized clothing or equipment worn by an employee for protection against a hazard. General work clothes (e.g., uniforms, pants, shirts or blouses) not intended to function as protection against a hazard are not considered to be personal protective equipment.
Production Facility means a facility engaged in industrial-scale, large-volume or high concentration production of HIV or HBV.
Regulated Waste means liquid or semi-liquid blood or other potentially infectious materials; contaminated items that would release blood or other potentially infectious materials in a liquid or semi-liquid state if compressed; items that are caked with dried blood or other potentially infectious materials and are capable of releasing these materials during handling; contaminated sharps; and pathological and microbiological wastes containing blood or other potentially infectious materials.
Research Laboratory means a laboratory producing or using research-laboratory-scale amounts of HIV or HBV. Research laboratories may produce high concentrations of HIV or HBV but not in the volume found in production facilities.
Sharps with engineered sharps injury protections means a nonneedle sharp or a needle device used for withdrawing body fluids, accessing a vein or artery, or administering medications or other fluids, with a built-in safety feature or mechanism that effectively reduces the risk of an exposure incident.
Source Individual means any individual, living or dead, whose blood or other potentially infectious materials may be a source of occupational exposure to the employee. Examples include, but are not limited to, hospital and clinic patients; clients in institutions for the developmentally disabled; trauma victims; clients of drug and alcohol treatment facilities; residents of hospices and nursing homes; human remains; and individuals who donate or sell blood or blood components.
Sterilize means the use of a physical or chemical procedure to destroy all microbial life including highly resistant bacterial endospores.
Universal Precautions is an approach to infection control. According to the concept of Universal Precautions, all human blood and certain human body fluids are treated as if known to be infectious for HIV, HBV, and other bloodborne pathogens.
Work Practice Controls means controls that reduce the likelihood of exposure by altering the manner in which a task is performed (e.g., prohibiting recapping of needles by a two-handed technique).
Masks, Eye Protection, and Face Shields. Masks in combination with eye protection devices, such as goggles or glasses with solid side shields, or chin-length face shields, shall be worn whenever splashes, spray, spatter, or droplets of blood or other potentially infectious materials may be generated and eye, nose, or mouth contamination can be reasonably anticipated.


(Name of the Infectious Agent)
(Special requirements for entering the area)
(Name, telephone number of the laboratory director or other responsible person.)
[56 FR 64004, Dec. 06, 1991, as amended at 57 FR 12717, April 13, 1992; 57 FR 29206, July 1, 1992; 61 FR 5507, Feb. 13, 1996; 66 FR 5325 Jan., 18, 2001; 71 FR 16672 and 16673, April 3, 2006; 73 FR 75586, Dec. 12, 2008; 76 FR 33608, June 8, 2011; 76 FR 80740, Dec. 27, 2011; 77 FR 19934, April 3, 2012]
Hew Jevicks (verified owner) –
Have to do the cert every year for the last five years ive been an artist, have tried a few courses and this is the best one so far, easy to use, looks modern and could do it on my iPhone, will use again next year thanks
Tabitha Barrett (verified owner) –
Easy course. Everything is explained easily where anyone can understand it. Will recommend to others
Violet Morin (verified owner) –
Lots of Information to learn as a new artist. Easy modules
Marissa Flater (verified owner) –
A quick and affordable class with tons of great information for new artists to learn!
Cecilia Aquino (verified owner) –
easy to understand and packed with important information!
Jared Wallace (verified owner) –
Very straight forward, simple and always useful!