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		<title>A fashion faux pas in the laboratory</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/osha/2009/06/a-fashion-faux-pas-in-the-laboratory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry Jo Gile</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Infection Control]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's not uncommon for healthcare employees to bring their fashion sense into the workplace. Scrubs are worn universally by healthcare providers and recently some vendors have begun selling capri style scrub pants. Your employees might think they look good but there are some safety and infection control concerns to consider. ]]></description>
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		<title>Just for laughs, what&#8217;s wrong with this picture?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/osha/2009/06/just-for-laughs-whats-wrong-with-this-picture/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hcpro.com/osha/2009/06/just-for-laughs-whats-wrong-with-this-picture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David LaHoda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bloodborne Pathogens]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[OSHA - General]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Scrub team member wearing lime green Crocs with ventilation holes while standing in a puddle of some nasty-looking fluid next to an operating room table.

Before that gets your OSHA and IC hackles up, relax. It's a cartoon, but one with more than just a little bit of truth to it.]]></description>
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		<title>Employer respirator policy: You can&#8217;t have your cake and eat it too</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/osha/2009/05/employer-respirator-policy-you-cant-have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hcpro.com/osha/2009/05/employer-respirator-policy-you-cant-have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 13:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David LaHoda</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pandemic Influenza]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Respiratory Protection]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Employers who want it both both ways from employees on respiratory protection are getting under my skin...better make that under my N95 respirator.

At first they thought that disposable N95s didn't even merit fit testing. Now some employers are asking workers to wear them multiple times despite safety considerations.]]></description>
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		<title>OSHA: Be prepared to protect employees from flu or face enforcement</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/osha/2009/05/osha-be-prepared-to-protect-employees-from-flu-or-face-enforcement/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hcpro.com/osha/2009/05/osha-be-prepared-to-protect-employees-from-flu-or-face-enforcement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 04:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David LaHoda</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pandemic Influenza]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In testimony before Congress on ensuring preparedness against the flu virus at school and work, the acting assistant secretary of OSHA said that the agency stands prepared to use its existing authority to aggressively enforce safe work practices to ensure employees receive appropriate protection.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama appoints no-holds-barred Barab as OSHA chief</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/osha/2009/04/obama-appoints-no-holds-barred-barab-as-osha-chief/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hcpro.com/osha/2009/04/obama-appoints-no-holds-barred-barab-as-osha-chief/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:43:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David LaHoda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[OSHA - General]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After years of spewing forth against President Bush and his OSHA minions for laissez faire regulatory activity, Jordan Barab is going to Washington to run OSHA. Is this a telling sign of an agency passionate about new regulations and enforcement?]]></description>
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		<title>Safety needle use is the law; not a preference</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/osha/2009/04/sneak-peek-at-the-q-not-a-preference/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hcpro.com/osha/2009/04/sneak-peek-at-the-q-not-a-preference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David LaHoda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bloodborne Pathogens]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Needlesticks & Sharps Injuries]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's been nine years since provisions the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act have been incorporated into OSHA's bloodborne pathogens standard, and some healthcare providers still think that the mandatory use of safety devices doesn't apply to their setting. Listen to OSHA Q&#038;A Roundtable panelist Jane Perry, as she sets the record straight on this misconception.]]></description>
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		<title>When employees become patients</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/osha/2009/04/when-employees-become-patients/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peggy Luebbert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's not all that uncommon for employees that work in healthcare to receive care at their own facility. During the course of their treatment, they should be treated as any other patient would, and any medical issues, even if they are IC related should not have any affect on their employment records. Peg Luebbert explains why. ]]></description>
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		<title>Using Shakespeare for bloodborne pathogens training</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/osha/2009/03/using-shakespeare-for-bloodborne-pathogens-training/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hcpro.com/osha/2009/03/using-shakespeare-for-bloodborne-pathogens-training/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:44:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David LaHoda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bloodborne Pathogens]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.hcpro.com/osha/?p=3053</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[No one would confuse the compliance-speak of OSHA's bloodborne pathogens with the purple passages of Shakespeare. Right? Both the standard and the Bard address heavy and heady stuff, but wouldn't it be a shame if we failed to heed the OSHA standard because the language is so boring.]]></description>
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		<title>Fingernails, food, and beards</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/osha/2009/01/fingernails-food-and-beards/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hcpro.com/osha/2009/01/fingernails-food-and-beards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry Jo Gile</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lab Safety]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.hcpro.com/osha/?p=1734</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With so many large problems looming, even the simplest safety concerns can go unnoticed. The Safety Lady runs down a list of common problems that are easy to fix, accompanied by a cartoon that might make you laugh... or cringe. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Plastic surgeon turns to liposuction fuel; gets good mileage per gallon of love handles</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/osha/2009/01/plastic-surgeon-turns-to-liposuction-fuel-gets-good-mileage-per-gallon-of-love-handles/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hcpro.com/osha/2009/01/plastic-surgeon-turns-to-liposuction-fuel-gets-good-mileage-per-gallon-of-love-handles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David LaHoda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hazardous Waste]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Waste Management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You've heard of living off the fat of the land. Well, one California doctor took that a step further, and has been living off the fat of his patients. Literally. A Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, began using the fat he removed from his patients during liposuction procedures to fuel his SUV and his girlfriend's Lincoln Navigator, according to Forbes.com.]]></description>
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