OSHA Compliance Guide for Medical Employers 2010 8e

Download or read book OSHA Compliance Guide for Medical Employers 2010 8e written by Summers Press and published by Aspen Publishers. This book was released on 2010-03-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our Guide is a concise and authoritative manual designed for practitioner offices and clinics, medical and dental laboratories, health care facilities, nursing homes, and home health and allied services. In an easy-to-read, jargon-free format, the OSHA Compliance Guide for Medical Employers discusses those OSHA standards most frequently overlooked and violated by medical employers. It helps businesses implement and comply with OSHA standards. This most recent edition of the Guide includes: Discussion of the new rule that allows OSHA to cite and fine employers separately for each worker exposed to a hazard, the legal decision that clarifies how specific training under the Hazard Communication Standard must be, and OSHA's formal proposal to adopt the Globally Harmonized System of Hazard Communication Discussion of recent interpretations and clarifications by OSHA on how to record an injury for commuting employees involved in motor vehicle accidents and whether required safety plans may be in electronic format Revised information on warrants for OSHA inspections and when a violation will be considered trivial by OSHA (meaning there will be no fine, penalty, or abatement required if uncovered in an OSHA inspection) New discussion of "universal precautions" vs. "standard precautions" for bloodborne pathogens New Digest entries on alarm systems, autoclaves, body protection and clothing, change rooms, emerging infectious diseases, ladders, sample lock-out procedures, oxygen bulk systems, process safety management for highly hazardous chemicals, railings, stairways, and standard precautions (including discussions of basic principles, airborne precautions, contact precautions, droplet precautions, and safe injection practices), along with numerous updated and revised entries New training information, including a discussion of training and comprehension, a chart of periodic training and certification requirements, and topic-specific training for asbestos (since violations of the Asbestos Standard are frequently one of the top 20 OSHA violations for medical employers), silica, and accident prevention signs and tags New safety inspection checklists on autoclaves; showers, washing facilities, and change rooms; and dental exposures to silica, along with numerous updated and revised checklists Chapter Headings: Overview of OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Hazard Communication and Laboratory Standards Sample Safety Plans (8, both print and CD), including revised sample Ergonomic Injury Prevention Plan for Medical Employers and Radiation Protection Plan Reporting, Recordkeeping, and Posting Safety Inspection Checklists Digest of OSHA Standards for Medical Employers OSHA Training Requirements For Further Information (which contains a directory of states with approved plans, OSHA regional and area offices, OSHA/state consultation projects, and more)