OSHA Training Program for Healthcare
Product Description:
The OSHA Training Program for Healthcare is your one-stop solution for OSHA compliance. It provides the essential policies, guidelines and documentation you need to ensure compliance with federal and state OSHA standards.
The easy-to-use, step-by-step format of the OSHA Training Program for Healthcare will save you time—a precious commodity when you're facing a potential OSHA violation. Whether you've just launched your practice, or are confronting compliance gaps in your established practice, OSHA Training Program for Healthcare will help ensure you're compliant with as little budgeted staff time as possible.
Companion resources grouped together for compliance
OSHA Training Program for Healthcare contains three complementary components—hand-picked to match your OSHA compliance challenges. These consist of:
1. OSHA Regulatory Manual for Healthcare
Compliance with OSHA and other regulators has never been easier with this training manual. It's easy to see the time you'll save when you consider the following compliance tools and information included in the Manual:
Section 1: Hazard communication
Section 2: Bloodborne pathogens
Section 3: Sharps safety policy
Section 4: Recordkeeping forms and tests
Section 5: Safety and health program
Section 6: Emergency preparedness and disaster plan
Section 7: Electrical and mechanical policy
Section 8: Tuberculosis exposure control
Section 9: Ergonomics
Section 10: Workplace violence prevention program
You'll also receive the entire contents of the Manual on an included CD-ROM. Customize the electronic versions of the forms for immediate use in your practice!
2. Bloodborne pathogens and hazard communications training videos
The Bloodborne Pathogens Training Video meets OSHA requirements for training employees on the bloodborne pathogens standard. It discusses the CDC guidelines on hepatitis B vaccinations, hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV transmission protection, the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act, exposure control plan management, post exposure prophylaxis, infection control, engineering and work practice controls, personal protective equipment, and housekeeping standards. Pre-and-post-viewing test questions and answers are included.
The 25-minute Hazard Communication Training Video meets OSHA requirements for training employees on the Hazard Communication Standard. It includes topics on Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs), labeling requirements, hazardous chemicals and drugs, personal protective equipment, spill clean-up procedures, eyewash stations and fire prevention. To facilitate training, pre-and post-viewing test questions and answers are included.
3. 12 issues of the eight-page, monthly newsletter, Medical Environment Update
This informative newsletter is designed to help busy healthcare professionals who don't have time to look through regulatory journals for compliance requirements and information.
Medical Environment Update offers
- timely medical news from OSHA, CDC, EPA, and other regulatory agencies that affect your job and compliance requirements
- workplace health and safety advice specific to healthcare facilities
- new standards and guidelines as they are released
- FREE Compliance Hotline consultations (see below for more information)
- OSHA citation reports and analysis
- timely inserts on current topics
- safety officer tips and question and answer sections
With stories ranging from recordkeeping and posting exemptions to overlooked workplace germs to how to look for violations inside sharps containers, Medical Environment Update will act as your regulatory compliance assistant.
Compliance assistance is just a phone call away with the Compliance Hotline
Government compliance is no place for guesswork—especially when the safety of your coworkers is at stake. There will be times when, no matter how informed you are regarding OSHA, CDC, EPA or public health laws, your specific circumstances may require assistance from other sources. At those times, David LaHoda and Medical Environment Update's Compliance Hotline are here for you.
David LaHoda, the managing editor of Medical Environment Update, has produced healthcare training videos and consulted for medical practices and ambulatory healthcare facilities. Acting as your virtual safety officer, David mans Compliance Hotline, a key benefit for Medical Environment Update subscribers.
Call David toll-free with your difficult occupational health and safety questions. Imagine being able to reach a human being within minutes when you really need help, instead of finding yourself stuck in endless voice-mail systems! Questions from our subscribers range from how to read a Material Safety Data Sheet to what to do for an employee needlestick exposure. If David can't answer your question he'll direct you to an appropriate resource.
And the benefits don't stop there. When you renew your annual subscription to Medical Environment Update, you'll receive FREE updates to the Manual when regulatory events occur.
Take the opportunity now to benefit from over 10 years of time-tested OSHA compliance advice from the OSHA Training Program for Healthcare.
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