OSHA Compliance Guide for Medical Employers

Our Guide is a concise and authoritative manual designed for practitioner offices and clinics, medical and dental laboratories, health care facilities, nursing homes, and home health and allied services. In an easy-to-read, jargon-free format, the OSHA Compliance Guide for Medical Employers discusses those OSHA standards most frequently overlooked and violated by medical employers. It helps businesses implement and comply with OSHA standards. This 6th Edition of the Guide includes: a new Radiation Protection Plan (print and CD versions) and checklist a new sample lock-out/tag-out procedure which can be used for the control of hazardous energy discussion of the new rule requiring employers to pay for all required personal protection equipment additional information on the coverage of laboratories under the Hazard Communication Standard additional discussion of lead protection measures and information on OSHA-required radiation and respiratory protection measures Chapter Headings: Overview of OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Hazard Communication and Laboratory Standards Sample Safety Plans (8, both print and CD) Reporting, Recordkeeping, and Posting Safety Inspection Checklists Digest of OSHA Standards for Medical Employers OSHA Training Requirements For Further Information (which contains a directory of states with approved plans, OSHA regional and area offices, and OSHA/state consultation projects