“Do I really have to train physicians in bloodborne pathogens? OSHA doesn’t require them to undergo training like the rest of the practice’s staff, does it?” asked the safety officer from a large ...

As part of an agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor, Rite Aid Corp. will develop a bloodborne pathogen safety program to better protect retail workers at all of the drugstore chain’s locations ...

The Premier Safety Institute, which is a part of Premier, a healthcare alliance of more than 2,300 U.S. hospitals and 64,000 other healthcare sites, offers a downloadable OSHA bloodborne pathogen ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) bloodborne pathogens standard, 29 C.F.R. § 1910.1030, requires employers having employees with “occupational exposure to blood or other ...

Although the Bloodborne Pathogens (BBP) Standard has been around over three decades, it continues to confuse employers. OSHA 29 CFR 1910.1030 is cited 300 to 500 times each year, making it a ...

The requirements of OSHA’s bloodborne pathogens standard can be found in Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations at 29 CFR 1910.1030. The standard’s requirements state what employers must do to ...

The U.S. Department of Labor announced an agreement with Rite Aid to implement a program to better protect employees, including front-end customer service staff, against hazards related to bloodborne ...

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This course covers the development and implementation of Exposure Control Plans (ECP). Course topics include understanding the OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard, determing potential exposure and ...

More than 5 million healthcare workers are at risk of exposure to a bloodborne pathogen, according to an Occupational Safety and Health Administration figure quoted in an IntelliCentrics blog post.

Following a complaint to the agency, a Washington, D.C., dental company was cited by OSHA for exposing workers to bloodborne pathogen hazards. A dental clinic has been cited by OSHA for failing to ...