HIV

As of June 11, 2020, Washington state two, four, and seven hour HIV/AIDS training is no longer required.

Engrossed Substitute House Bill (ESHB) 1551 (Chapter 76, Laws of 2020) repealed statutes concerning AIDS education and training for emergency medical personnel, health professionals, and health care facility employees. In support of ESHB 1551, the Department of Health repealed AIDS education and training requirements for professions and facilities under the Secretary's authority.

ESHB 1551 added a definition of Bloodborne Pathogen in RCW 70.24.017 to include HIV, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C and eliminated outdated and duplicative statutory requirements for HIV/AIDS occupational exposure education and training for health care professionals and certain categories of employees.

Bloodborne Pathogen (BBP) Training remains required under Chapter 296-823 WAC adopted by the Department of Labor and Industries. Training conducted in compliance with this rule meets the curriculum requirements for HIV/AIDS training. Contact your employer or the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries for more information and training options.

We no Longer offer the Washington Sate HIV/AIDS training due to the June 11, 2020 changes.

Washington State "Know" Curriculum Manual provided by Washington State Department of Health, covered topics as follows:

1. Etiology & Epidemiology of HIV.
2. Reported Aids cases in USA and Washington State.
3. Risk to population.
4. Transmission & Infection Control.
5. Infection Control Precautions.
6. Universal Blood and Body Fluid Precautions.
7. Risk for transmission
8. Testing / counseling / partner notification.
9. Clinical manifestation and treatment.
10. Legal and ethical issues.
11. Psychosocial issues / morel and legal ethics
12. Hepatitis A, B, C.
13. Personal Protective Equipment.
14. Social and economical impact.
15. Open for questions and discussions.

Question: KNOW Document - What Is It according to the Washington State Department of Health? Answer: The 1988 Washington State Omnibus Law requires that certain people have HIV/AIDS education.

Question: What is the KNOW HIV Prevention Education Curriculum according to Washington State department of Health? Answer: The Washington State Department of Health developed a model curriculum for HIV/AIDS education. This document is the Know HIV Prevention Education for Health Care Facility Employees. Educators who teach HIV/AIDS classes can use this as their curriculum. It presents the specific topics required by law. It is not a self-study manual. Educators should present the material in a traditional classroom style. An expert instructor should be available to answer to technical questions