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OSHA Dental Compliance News and Insights
What’s necessary for dental practices to remain in compliance with OSHA? What are the most common and most severe occupational hazards that dentists and hygienists face? If my practice is the subject of a random inspection, what can I expect? If you’ve asked yourself these questions, you’ve come to the right place. Our OSHA dental blog features our insights and guidance regarding occupational safety in the dentistry field. Within the pages of this resource, you’ll find overviews of OSHA dental compliance, details on differences between state and federal regulations, and other pertinent issues. In addition to the information in the OSHA dental blog, we’ll also help you connect with manuals and resources to ensure that your practice meets or exceeds the high standards for OSHA dental compliance.
- June 10, 2020Dental
On matters of sterilization and disinfection of equipment, OSHA defers to CDC guidelines. The applicable OSHA standard, OSHA 1910.1030(e)(2)(ii)(B) states that contaminated materials that are to be decontaminated at a site away from the work area shall be placed in a durable, leakproof, labeled or color-coded container that is closed before being removed from the work area.
- May 21, 2020Vet and Animal Care Medical Dental
There are no OSHA guidelines for medical waste pick up by medical waste companies. Medical waste transporters are regulated by state environmental agencies, and they should possess state medical waste transporting permits/licenses. Out-of-state transporters must possess licenses from each state they operate. They are also mandated to carry insurance-liability and pollution insurance
- May 13, 2020General Industry Vet and Animal Care Medical Dental COVID-19
Get your free toolkit As more and more businesses are cleared to resume some normal operations, we have been receiving an increasing number of calls from employees scared to return to work. Sadly, we have heard many stories from people whose employers are eager to open doors
- April 22, 2020Vet and Animal Care Medical Dental
Under OSHA regulations, the biohazards that your decontamination process and agents must be effective against are determined by the risks you have in your office. For example, if your office treats patients with HIV and HBV, your disinfection process and disinfectants need to be effective against HIV and HBV. In general, you also want to make sure you cover any common biohazards – household bacteria
- April 13, 2020Dental
Regarding office temperature and humidity in a dental clinic, as a general rule, they are simply matters of human comfort. OSHA has no regulations specifically addressing temperature and humidity in an office setting. However, Section III, Chapter 2, Subsection V of the OSHA Technical Manual, "Recommendations for the Employer," provides engineering and administrative guidance to prevent or alleviate