Poll Question: How well do you know OSHA standards?
OSHA standards can be a bit overwhelming at times. All too frequently medical professionals run into situations that may or may not fall under OSHA regulation (hence our ask the expert column posts). Many times, you just have to ask yourself, is this really and OSHA matter?
But we’re curious, how frequently do you run into these kinds of situations?
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OSHA Healthcare Advisor Poll
The OSHA Healthcare Advisor Poll is our weekly questionnaire that is updated every Monday. It is a great opportunity for you to let us know what is going on at your facility, while also getting a look at what your peers have to say. Every week we will post a new question related to healthcare safety. As always, if you have any burning questions of your own, post them in the comments section below and it could become a featured poll question.
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We are a healthcare oncology practise with multiple locations. There is a safety manual with MSDS sheets at each site and also accessible on the computer. Do we have to keep hard copy MSDS sheets in the manual at each location? Also do we have to keep OSHA mandates in the safety manual?
This is a repeat of my comment to the “Ask the expert—May I get rid of material safety data sheets for household products?” blog post.
OSHA allows for electronic MSDS files as long as you take into account a back up system in case of emergencies, according to the interpretation Clarification of systems for electronic access to MSDSs. In that interpretation, OSHA defines emergencies as “foreseeable failures in the electronic system such as power outages, equipment failures, on-line access delays, etc., and is not meant to encompass catastrophic events, medical emergencies, or other situations.”
Also, if you are using an electronic system, make sure your staff is trained to access it and that there are no barriers such as personal passwords on computer stations that would prevent ready access.
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