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 ...

Although the Bloodborne Pathogen 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 frequently ...

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 ...

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 ...

This program was developed and written by the Environmental Health & Safety Department (EHS) and is considered the campus standard for protecting faculty, staff, and students from exposure to ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

Imagine receiving a call that a child has been injured while boarding one of your school buses. The driver stated that a young girl has fallen on the steps and her head is bleeding. The dispatcher has ...

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.

Bloodborne pathogens, such as bacteria and viruses, are present in blood and body fluids and can cause disease in humans. The bloodborne pathogens of primary concern are hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and ...