OSHA Resources
OSHA Resources:
Round out your compliance program with helpful OSHA tools and links. You'll also find resources from our OSHA Watch Updates Newsletter.
Quick Find: General Resources l Infection Control l Healthcare Workplace Violence Prevention l OSHA Watch Newsletter Resources l Safety Sharps l Tools
General Resources
- http://www.osha.gov - Official OSHA website
- http://www.ehs.cornell.edu - To obtain MSDS
- http://www.msdssearch.com - To obtain MSDS
- OSHA Compliance Manuals & Training Videos
- Interview: True story experience with a Recent OSHA Inspection
- Self Audit Checklist
Infection Control
Healthcare Workplace Violence Prevention
- Risk Assessment for Workplace Violence
- Workplace Violence Podcast - Nancy Collins, Publisher of The Journal of Medical Practice Management, interviews Dr. Sheila Dunn and Sarah Alholm about the widespread nature of Workplace Violence. They describe likely perpetrators of workplace violence incidents, review security measures and prevention techniques for medical and dental offices and tie in OSHA's General Duty Clause.
OSHA Watch Newsletter Resources
- Preventing and Reporting Needlesticks in Your Facility
- OSHA’s Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response Guidance for Healthcare Workers and Healthcare Employers
- EPA's Eliminating Mercury Environmental Best Practice Guide
- State Environmental Agency Contact Information
- Shock, Shock, Shock: Are You Ready for a Cardiac Arrest? - This 10 minute crash cart inspection training video directed by Dr. Bruce Adams drives home the point regarding proper crash cart inspections. The first half illustrates the criticality of proper crash cart inspections; the second 5 minutes covers checks for the Medtronic LifePak 12 Defibrillator. Even if your facility doesn't utilize the LifePak 12 many of the concepts apply to any make of defibrillator, even Automated External Defibrillators. These universal concepts include verifying all components are correctly hooked up and performing machine self checks.
- Computer Workstation Evaluation Checklist
- Critical Behavior Observation Checklist
- Disaster Supply Formularies
- Off-Site Emergency Supplies
- OSHA Watch Newsletter
- Sample Expired Medication Acceptance Agreement
- Sources for July/August 2006 OSHA Watch Lead Story: "Dancing with Disaster? Make the Switch!"
- Slips, Trips and Falls
Safety Sharps Resources
- Safety Sharps Injury Log
- Safety Sharps Evaluation Forms
- Exemption Request to Use Sharp Device without Safety Feature
- http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/2000-108.html - NIOSH Web site ALERT: Preventing Needlestick Injuries in Health Care Settings
- http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/epinet/ - University of Virginia's International Health Care Workers Safety Center and its EPINet needlestick injury data collection system
- http://www.osha-slc.gov/SLTC/needlestick/index.html - OSHA Web page for needlestick information - for Compliance Directive (CPL 2-2.44D, November 5, 1999)
- http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/index.htm - CDC Web page for hepatitis information
- http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/ - For HIV information
- http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/safety.html - FDA medical device safety alerts
- For more information on sharps injury prevention products, visit ISIPS, the
For more information on sharps injury prevention products, visit ISIPS, the International Sharps Injury Prevention Society at www.isips.org. For a free weekly newsletter on the latest information on needlestick injuries, hepatitis, HIV,etc sign up for the ISIPS Newsletter by going to http://www.isips.org/registration.html.
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