Lan Safety Flashcards
SAFETY AGENCIES & ORGANIZATIONS
(5)
● U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
● Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI)
● CDC, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Public Health Service
● College of American Pathologists (CAP)
● The Joint Commission (The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations)
OSHA
U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
(CLSI)
Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute
(DHHS)
CDC, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service
(CAP)
College of American Pathologists
(The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations)
The Joint Commission
OSHA
What public law?
Public Law 91-596
OSHA
Public Law 91-596
Enacted by US Congress in
1970
OSHA Goals
Goals: Provide all employees with a safe work environment
OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
(2)
✓ Inspection
✓ Accreditation
Establish lab work methods & safety policies
Employer’s responsibility
Provide supervision & guidance to employees
Employer’s responsibility
Provide safety info, training, PPE & medical surveillance to employees
Employer’s responsibility
Provide & maintain equipment & lab facilities that are adequate for the tasks required
Employer’s responsibility
Know & comply with the established lab work safety methods
EMPLOYEE’S RESPONSIBILITIES
Have a positive attitude toward supervisors, coworkers, facilities & safety training
EMPLOYEE’S RESPONSIBILITIES
Give prompt notification of unsafe conditions or practices to the immediate supervisor and ensure that unsafe conditions and practices are corrected
EMPLOYEE’S RESPONSIBILITIES
Engage in the conduct of safe work practices and use of PPE
EMPLOYEE’S RESPONSIBILITIES
OSHA’S 3 LINE OF DEFENSE
Engineering Controls
Administrative and Work Practice Controls
Personal Protective Equipment
Eliminate the hazard or isolate workers from the source through engineered controls.
Engineering Controls
Change the way people work through administrative and work practice controls.
Administrative and Work Practice Controls
Protect workers with personal protective equipment.
Personal Protective Equipment
HIERARCHY OF CONTROLS
ESEAP
1) Elimination
2) Substitution
3) Engineering controls
4) Administrative controls
5) PPE
Physically remove the hazard
Elimination
Replace the hazard
Substitutions
Isolate people from the hazard
Engineering controls
Change the way people work
Administrative contorls
Protect the worker with Personal Protective Equipment
PPE
Do you need to use a blade?
ELIMINATION
Can you use a safer blade?
SUBSTITUTION
Does a human have то do the cutting?
ENGINEERING CONTROLS
Can the worker use a safer
cutting method?
ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS