OSHA Annual Retraining for Outpatient Medical Facilities

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Course description:

OSHA Annual Retraining for Outpatient Medical Facilities covers OSHA's bloodborne pathogens and hazard communication standards. It satisfies OSHA's annual bloodborne pathogens retraining requirements for healthcare employees exposed to this hazard, and takes a best practices approach to hazard communication retraining. Topics include:

• Introduction to bloodborne pathogens
• Universal/standard precautions
• Exposure
• Your OSHA manual
• Personal protective equipment
• General safety rules
• Biohazardous waste
• Laundry
• Housekeeping
• Spills
• Decontaminating equipment
• Labels
• Work area restrictions
• Hepatitis B vaccine
• Signs and symptoms
• Post exposure follow up
• Employee counseling
• Your medical record
• Introduction to the hazard communication standard
• MSDS
• Labeling hazardous chemicals
• Safety tips for working with hazardous substances
• Respiratory infection control
• OSHA records

Learning objectives:

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

• Discuss how to recognize a bloodborne disease.
• Describe your employer's OSHA program that helps you avoid exposure to these diseases.
• List what to do if you are exposed to a bloodborne disease.
• Identify all potentially infectious materials in your practice and verify that adequate protection is used when working with these materials.
• Locate your practice's OSHA safety manual containing sections on hazards communication and an exposure control plan for bloodborne pathogens.
• Demonstrate how to protect yourself from hazardous chemicals.
• State which chemicals are hazardous and how you can be exposed to them at work.
• Demonstrate how to use labels and Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) to protect yourself from hazardous chemicals.

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:

Employees covered under the bloodborne pathogens and hazard communication standards in all outpatient medical facilities.

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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