Selecting and Evaluating Safety Sharps
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Course description:
Selecting and Evaluating Safety Sharps will help a facility come into compliance with OSHA's bloodborne pathogen standard by focusing on safety sharps and needlestick prevention. The course is designed for safety officers and/or safety committee members. Topics include:
- OSHA's amended bloodborne pathogens standard
- Why OSHA amended the bloodborne pathogens standard
- How to comply with the amended bloodborne pathogens standard
- A three-step method for compliance
- Explore
- Evaluate
- Execute
- Gaining employee and employer commitment
- Avoiding OSHA inspections
- Key objections to safety sharps issue
- Issues and concerns
- What to do if a needlestick occurs
- Keys to success
- Safe sharps resources
Learning objectives:
At the end of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the following learning objectives:
- Describe the purpose of safety needles/sharps
- State the basic requirements of OSHA's amended bloodborne pathogens regulation and its effective date
- Explain a three-step method for locating, evaluating, and implementing the amended bloodborne pathogens standard
- Describe three features of an effective safety needle
- Address the most common objections to the bloodborne pathogens standard requirements
Faculty:
Dr. Sheila Dunn is a nationally recognized expert in federal laboratory and OSHA regulations. She received a Doctor of Arts degree in Clinical Laboratory Science Education in 1986 and a Master of Science in 1982 from The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.
Joe Laco, regulatory specialist, is a former corporate safety officer for a regional reference lab and has worked in various laboratory and healthcare environments. He received a Master of Science in Environmental Health from East Tennessee State University in 2001 and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Ohio University in 1995.
Intended audience:
Safety officers, administrators, managers, and safety committee members in all outpatient medical facilities or dental practices.
Computer requirements:
Most Web browsers are sufficient to participate. Minimum requirements include Internet Explorer 6.0, Firefox 2.0, as well as any Safari or Chrome browser. Both Mac and PC are supported.
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SOURCE CODE: ESEARCHGOO
ISBN: 1-929693-18-4
