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November/December 2007
- Update Your Safety Manual: Accident Reporting, Monthly and Annual Reviews, New Employee Orientation
- Ask the Expert: Convincing Employees to Use Safety Sharps, Annual Review of Safer Medical Devices, Wall Mounted Alcohol Dispensers, Hairstyle Policies, Hepatitis B Vaccination Records, Flu Shots
- Take 5 Staff Meeting Training Tip – Post Exposure Procedures
- Updates for OSHA Safety Program Manual – Tabs 2, 5, 10 for Medical, Tabs 2, 5, 8 for Dental - Please read Note
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September/October 2007
- Update Your Safety Manual: Eye Wash Station Checks, Bleach Contact Time
- Ask the Expert: OSHA Regulation Applicability, Use of Generic MSDS, Grace Periods for Repeating Annual Training, TB Risk Assessments, Patient Fatality Reporting
- Take 5 Staff Meeting Training Tip – Using Eyewash Stations
- Updates for OSHA Safety Program Manual – Tab 8 for Medical, Tab 5 for Dental - Please read Note
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July/August 2007
- Update Your Safety Manual: Workplace Ergonomics
- Ask the Expert: Getting MSDS, Placement of Fire Extinguishers, Cleaning Up Urine Spill, Surgeons and Safety Sharps, OSHA Retraining Documentation, First Aid Kits, Illuminated Exit Signs
- Take 5 Staff Meeting Training Tip – Slips, Trips and Falls Quiz
- Updates for OSHA Safety Program Manual – Tab 4 (Medical), no update for Dental - Please read Note
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May/June 2007
- Update Your Safety Manual: First Aid Kits, Crash Carts, Vaccination Forms and Recommendations
- Ask the Expert: Rx Disposal, Fire Risk and Alcohol Surgical Preps, Reportable Diseases, Employee Medical Record Storage, Needlestick Follow-up, Biological Safety Cabinets, Liquid Nitrogen PPE
- Take 5 Staff Meeting Training Tip – Conducting Mock Codes: Code Blue/Cardiac Arrest
- Updates for OSHA Safety Program Manual – Tabs 3, 11, and 12 (Medical) Tabs 3 and 8 (Dental) - Please read Note
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March/April 2007
- Update Your Safety Manual: Workplace Violence, Hepatitis B Titers, Post-Exposure Actions
- Ask the Expert: Hepatitis B Titers, Whistleblowing, Biohazard Containers, Post-Exposure Follow-Up, Posting OSHA Logs
- Take 5 Staff Meeting Training Tip – Workplace Violence Role-Playing
- Updates for OSHA Safety Program Manual – Tabs 3 and 5 (Dental, Tab 3 & 5); Workplace Violence Prevention, Hepatitis B Titers, Post-Exposure Actions - Please read Note
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January/February 2007
- Update Your Safety Manual: Hazard Analysis, Waste Disposal, Cytotoxic Drugs Recommendations
- Take 5 Staff Meeting Training Tip – Fire Safety Refresher
- Ask the Expert: Cleaning Ultrasound Probes, Safe Suture Needles, Scrubs in the Clinic, Food and Drinks at the Front Desk
- Updates for OSHA Safety Program Manual - Tabs, 2, 8 and 9 (Dental, Tabs 2 & 7); Hazard Analysis Revision, Waste Disposal, Precautions to Working with Cytotoxic Drugs (n/a Dental) - Please read Note
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2006 Back Issues
November/December 2006
- Tips for Safety Officers
- True Story: A reader’s experience with a recent OSHA inspection
- Ask the Expert: Seasonal Decorations, Implementing Safety Sharps, Automated External Defibrillators
- Have Your Staff Gotten Their Flu Shots?
- Take 5 Staff Meeting Safety Tips – Hold a safety scavenger hunt!
- Updates for OSHA Safety Program Manual – Tab 5 (Dental, Tab 5); Clarification of the annual review for documenting evaluation and implementation of safer sharps - Please read Note
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September/October 2006
- Don’t Get Burned: A HazCom Primer
- Determining if a MSDS is Necessary
- Ask the Expert: Electronic MSDS, Air Quality, Malfunctioning Equipment, Pump Bottles
- Flu Vaccine Shortages and Prioritization for the 2006-2007 Flu Season
- Take 5 Staff Meeting Safety Tips – Demonstrate proper spill clean up procedures
- Updates for OSHA Safety Program Manual – Tab 8 (Dental, Tab 6); Sterilant Safety Supplement, Disinfecting Ultrasound Probes (n/a Dental) - Please read Note
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July/August 2006
- Dancing with Disaster? Make the Switch (safety sharps) - Check Out What’s Available
- Ask the Expert: Laminating Signs, Biohazardous Laundry, Eyewash Stations, N-95 Respirators
- Take 5 Staff Meeting Safety Tips – Doffing PPE Exercise for Gloves, Gown and Mask
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May/June 2006
- Is the Flu Season Over?
- Pandemic Flu Check List
- Flu Drug and Vaccine Priority Groups
- Ask the Expert: Alcohol Hand Rinses, HB Vaccination Side Effects, Hepatitis Boosters
- Take 5 Staff Meeting Safety Tips – Proper doning and doffing of gloves
- Updates for OSHA Safety Program Manual – Tab 6 (Dental, Tab 7); New Pandemic Flu Plan - Please read Note
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March/April 2006
- Healthcare Workers Flee from Flu Shots
- Case Highlights Importance of Testing/Treating Employees with Positive PPDs
- New TB Blood Test
- Ask the Expert: TB Skin Testing, Staff with Staph, Storing Vaccines, Eyewash Maintenance
- Take 5 Staff Meeting Safety Tips – Breaking the monotony of ‘typical’ OSHA training
- Updates for OSHA Safety Program Manual - Eyewash Maintenance Instructions - Please read Note
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January/February 2006
- New TB Guidelines
- Ask the Expert: N-95 Masks, TB Skin Testing, BCG Vaccination, Patients with TB
- Take 5 Staff Meeting Safety Tips – N-95 Masks (use and purpose)
- Updates for OSHA Safety Program Manual – Tab 6 (Dental, Tab 7); Total revision of TB section w/ new TB Guidelines - Please read Note
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2005 Back Issues
November/December 2005
- Bloodborne Pathogens: OSHA Offenders Stay Below Radar Screen, Healthcare Workers Continue to Contract Bloodborne Diseases, Part Two of a Two-part Series
- New Guidelines for HIV Exposures
- Worst and Best of 2005
- OSHA Training, Blunt Suture Needles, Screening Patients for HIV, Recycling Specimen Bags
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September/October 2005
- Bloodborne Pathogens: Is an ounce of prevention worth a pound of cure?
Rx for HCV, HIV testing, Part One of Two - Flu Vaccine for Healthcare Workers
- New TB Drug Promising
- Infectivity after TB Treatment, Expiration Dates for Sterile Packs, Bomb Threats, Gloves that Don't Fit
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July/August 2005
- Substance Abuse in the Workplace, Part Two of Two
- When a Disgruntled Employee Calls OSHA
- Hot Finds & Cool Websites
- The Downside of the Nursing Profession
- Free Drug-Free Workplace Policy Download
- Posting Reminders, More on Pets, Recordable Injury, Gym Balls, Hep B Titering, Sticky Alcohol Rubs, Exam Rooms and MRSA
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May/June 2005
- Substance Abuse in the Workplace, Part One of Two
- Working Safely with Chemo Drugs
- New Deadly HIV Strain
- The Nitty Gritty on Biohazard Spill Clean-up
- POLs Given Deadly Influenza Strain
- Cleaning Whirlpools, Check Strips, Acceptable Disinfectant, Safety Sharps, Kitty Litter Spill Kit
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March/April 2005
- CDC's New TB Guidelines
- Prevention and Control of Influenza
- 2004 OSHA Violations
- Custom Kits, Sharps Containers, Cleaning Whirlpools, Safety Showers, Evacuation Route Maps
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January/February 2005
- Mold in the Workplace
- Preventing Flu in the Workplace
- Americans Defy Emergency Warnings
- Discarding Used Office Supplies, Helping Patients Dispose of Used Needles, Clean vs. Dirty Areas, Under-sink storage, Ultrasound techs in Pain
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2004 Back Issues
November/December 2004
- Injury and Illness Prevention Plan
- First Aid Kits
- Flu Vaccines
- Two Prong Plugs, Disposable Vaginal Speculums
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September/October 2004
- Everything You Wanted to Know About Gloves , Part 2
- Flu Shots for Healthcare Workers
- Working Safely with Toxic Drugs
- Exit Signs, Dogs at Work, Shingles and MSDS
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July/August 2004
- Everything You Wanted to Know About Gloves, Part 1
- How to Respond to Co-Worker Injuries
- Working Safely with Potentially Violent Patients
- Safety Sharps, Pap Smears and Blood Tube Holders
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May/June 2004
- OSHA Training Requirements
- Prescription Drugs and Bar Codes
- Working Safely with TB
- Hepatitis A and Healthcare Workers
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March/April 2004
- Medication Safety
- Workplace Drug Abuse
- Working Safely with Mercury
- Disposal of Sample Meds and Narcotics
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January/February 2004
- Safety Sharps
- Needlesticks
- Working Safely with Hepatitis B
- Sample Patient Consent Form (Insert)
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2003 Back Issues
November/December 2003
- OSHA Wrap-Up 2003
- CDC Recommendations for Environmental Cleaning and Biomedical Waste
- Working Safely When the lights Go Out
- OSHA Self Audit Checklist (Insert)
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September/October 2003
- Fire Safety
- Eyewash Facts
- Working Safely with Portable Fire Extinguishers
- Employee Fire Drill Participation Sign-Up Sheet (Insert)
- Fire Drill Evaluation Form (Insert)
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July/August 2003
- Disaster Preparedness
- Nuts & Bolts of an Emergency Action Plan
- Working Safely with SARS Patients
- Dealing with Bioterrorism
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May/June 2003
- How to Respond to Medical Errors
- Drug Barcoding
- Working Safely with Medications
- How to Be More Involved In Your Healthcare/Center-Fold Poster
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March/April 2003
- Smallpox Vaccination Plan
- Using Alcohol Gels
- Hazards to Pregnant Workers
- Understanding Chemical Labels
- Emergency Evacuation Procedures
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January/February 2003
- How to Handle an OSHA Inspection
- Contesting OSHA Penalties
- Understanding MSDS
- Employee Needlesticks
- Risks of Smallpox Vaccine
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2002 Back Issues
November/December 2002
- Settlement Increases OSHA Inspections
- Vaccine Safety
- Disease Detectives Fight Terrorism
- Recordkeeping
- Annual Facility Review Checklist
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September/October 2002
- Workplace Safety and TB
- TB Skin Testing
- Update: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
- Working Safely During Surgery
- Reusing Tube Holders
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July/August 2002
- Violence in the Workplace
- Terrorism Alert System
- Update on Workplace AIDS
- Working Safely with Liquid Nitrogen
- Bloodborne Pathogens Fact Sheet
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May/June 2002
- Soap Versus Gels
- Patient Infection from Bronchoscopes
- New Ergonomics Rule
- Placement of Sharps Containers
- Doc Offices Fined Nearly $150,000
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March/April 2002
Special Issue: Safety Sharps
- Review of Safety Sharps Requirements
- Safe Sharps: Worth the Expense?
- What OSHA Says About Sharps Reg
- How to Comply with Amended BBP Standard
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January/February 2002
- Update on Recordkeeping Rule
- New OSHA Directive on Safety Needles
- Working Safely During Electrosurgical Procedures
- Workplace Anthrax Precautions
- Latest on Ergonomics Regs
- Recommendations on Exam Room Carpeting
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2001 Back Issues
November/December 2001
Special Issue: Emergency Preparedness/Terrorism
- Role of Physician Offices During a Disaster
- Preparing for Bioterrorism
- Developing an Emergency Action Plan
- Characteristics of Common Bioterrorism Agents
- Emergency Risk Assessment for Physician Offices
- Improving Your Disaster Plan
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September/October 2001
- Dealing with OSHA Violations
- Barrier Gowns: New Guidelines
- OSHA Manual Update: Employee Exposure Follow-up
- Symptoms of Mercury Poisoning
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July/August 2001
- Tips for Surviving an OSHA Inspection
- Disinfecting Reusable Vaginal Specula
- Risk for CJD in Workers
- Fire Risks During Surgery
- Workplace Substance Abuse
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May/June 2001
- Preparing for OSHA Inspections
- Top 10 OSHA BBP Violations
- Preventing Computer Vision Syndrome
- Repeal of Ergonomics Standard
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March/April 2001 (While supplies last)
Special Issue: Safety Sharps
- Overview of Safe Sharps Reg
- Sample Sharps Evaluation Procedure
- Eliminating Mercury in Medical Practices
- OSHA Definitions: Potentially Infectious Substances
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January/February 2001
- OSHA Interview on New Needle Safety Law
- Latex Sensitivity
- Sterilization & Disinfection
- Glutaraldehyde Safety
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