When there is occupational exposure, OSHA requires that employers shall provide, at no cost to the employee, appropriate personal protective equipment such gloves, gowns, laboratory coats, face shields or masks and eye protection, and mouthpieces, resuscitation bags, pocket masks, or other ventilation devices.
Personal protective equipment will be considered “appropriate” only if it does not permit blood or other potentially infectious materials to pass through to or reach the employee’s work clothes, street clothes, undergarments, skin, eyes, mouth, or other mucous membranes under normal conditions of use and for the duration of time which the protective equipment will be used.
Face shields provide protection from bloodborne pathogen on the face or from being breathed into the lungs