Dental OSHA Training

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Course description:

Dental OSHA Training course covers general facility safety and OSHA's bloodborne pathogens and hazard communication standards for dental facilities. This course meets requirements for initial and yearly retraining mandated for some standards for oral surgeons, dentists, assistants, and hygienists. Topics include:

  • What is OSHA?
  • OSHA's general duty clause
  • Bloodborne pathogens standard
  • Universal/standard precautions
  • Exposure
  • Personal protective equipment
  • General safety rules
  • Biohazardous waste
  • Housekeeping
  • Spills
  • Decontaminating equipment
  • Work area restrictions
  • Signs and symptoms
  • Post exposure follow up
  • Employee counseling
  • The hazard communication standard
  • MSDS
  • Labeling hazardous chemicals
  • Chemical spill clean up
  • Common dental chemicals with permissible exposure limits
  • Ionizing radiation
  • Laser safety

Learning objectives:

At the end of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the following learning objectives:

  • State what to do in case of a fire
  • Evacuate or respond to an emergency situation
  • Name potentially infectious materials encountered at your practice
  • Define biohazardous waste and list items that go in biohazard container
  • Determine whether your exposure control plan complies with OSHA
  • Interpret a material safety data sheet
  • State which chemicals are hazardous and how you can be exposed to them at work
  • Demonstrate how to protect yourself from hazardous chemicals at work

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.

Sarah Alholm has developed successful safety training programs for both the healthcare and aviation industries. She received her Masters Degree in Human Factors (a science examining human performance and interactions in task-oriented environments) from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 2002 and holds a Bachelors Degree in Biology from the United States Air Force Academy.

Intended audience:

All employees at 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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Publisher :  Quality America
 
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This course covers general facility safety and OSHA's bloodborne pathogens and hazard communication standards for dental facilities. This course meets requirements for initial and yearly retraining mandated for some standards for oral surgeons, dentists, assistants, and hygienists.
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ORDER CODE: EOSH004
SOURCE CODE: ESEARCHGOO
ISBN: 1-929693-05-2

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