Lots of still useful stuff on the eTool. We refer to it a lot in our paper on Controlling Health Hazards to Hospital Workers .

From: MCOH-EH [mailto:mcoh-eh-bounces@mylist.net] On Behalf Of Hodgson, Michael - OSHA
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 3:05 PM
To: MCOH/EH
Subject: Re: [MCOH-EH] [Bulk] OSHA REGULATIONS

Hi, thanks very much. Your address suggests you are a NIOSH user, not a direct health care practitioner / employee. Who are your stakholders?

So it would be really interesting, given our staffing issues, to get comments and suggestions back. I can argue for leaving this up if there’s a groundswell. We had created a home health care e-tool and were about to put it up but saw some problems with the old pages. If those of you who recognize problems with the pages point them out, we can likely do something…

Michael

From: MCOH-EH [mailto:mcoh-eh-bounces@mylist.net] On Behalf Of Novak, Debra A. (CDC/NIOSH/NPPTL)
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 2:34 PM
To: 'mcoh-eh@mylist.net'
Subject: Re: [MCOH-EH] [Bulk] OSHA REGULATIONS

Please do not remove the Hospital eTool...I agree it needs updating but based on my stakeholders it is widely used!

From: Hodgson, Michael - OSHA [mailto:Hodgson.Michael@dol.gov]
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 02:22 PM Eastern Standard Time
To: MCOH/EH <mcoh-eh@mylist.net>
Subject: Re: [MCOH-EH] [Bulk] OSHA REGULATIONS

Interesting that this is considered still useful. There are some pretty outdated pieces and we were thinking of taking it down. Does this group think it’s still worth keeping?

Michael

Michael J. Hodgson, MD, MPH

Chief Medical Officer and Director, Office of Occupational Medicine

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Department of Labor

200 Constitution Ave, NW Rm 3457

Washington DC 20210

From: MCOH-EH [mailto:mcoh-eh-bounces+hodgson.michael=dol.gov@mylist.net] On Behalf Of Senior, Cathy (DRMC)
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 1:59 PM
To: 'MCOH/EH'
Subject: Re: [MCOH-EH] [Bulk] OSHA REGULATIONS

Love this tool. Thanks for sharing.

Cathy Senior RN BSN CDE

Employee Health Director

Penn Highlands DuBois

100 Hospital Avenue

P.O. Box 447

DuBois Pa 15801

Phone 814-375-3392

Fax 814-372-2610

cesenior@phhealthcare.org

www.phhealthcare.org

From: MCOH-EH [mailto:mcoh-eh-bounces@mylist.net] On Behalf Of Kathy Dayvault
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 1:26 PM
To: 'MCOH/EH'
Subject: Re: [MCOH-EH] [Bulk] OSHA REGULATIONS

Look at the blood borne pathogen exposure regulation. I use the hospital etool…. It helps you find specifics faster.

https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/hospital/index.html

BBP reg: https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/hospital/hazards/bbp/bbp.html

Employer should establish and maintain both medical and training records [29 CFR 1910.1030(h)(1) and 29 CFR 1910.1020].
- If an exposure incident occurs, employer should add reports to the medical record to document the incident, including testing results following the incident, follow-up procedures, and the written opinion of the health care professional.
  - Medical Records must be preserved and maintained for each employee with an occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens [29 CFR 1910.1030(h)(1)] and for at least the duration of employment plus 30 years. They must be kept confidential (not disclosed without written permission of employee, except by law) and separate from other personnel records and must also include:
    - The employee's name and social security number, hepatitis B vaccination status, including the dates of vaccination and medical records related to the employee's ability to receive vaccinations.

Hope you find this helpful…. Very quick resource once you click on the hazard that you want.

Kathy Dayvault, RN, BSN, MPH, COHN-S/CM

Independent OHN Consultant

From: MCOH-EH [mailto:mcoh-eh-bounces+kdayvault11=att.net@mylist.net] On Behalf Of Senior, Cathy (DRMC)
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 1:08 PM
To: 'MCOH/EH'
Subject: [Bulk] [MCOH-EH] OSHA REGULATIONS

Can anyone direct me where I can find the OSHA regulation pertaining to the Duty to ensure privacy of employees exposed to blood and body fluid. I know some facility use psuedo names in order to protect their employees privacy when the test are done in their facility. I want to do this, however our lab is not agreeable as they are not sure how to register the employee and keep everything straight. The lab informed me that they checked the state regulations (we are in PA) and there is nothing that says we must give psuedo names. Therefore , I am looking for any information that would assist my mission to provide privacy to our employees. I thought there was an OSHA regulation if the test was done within the facility such as the rapid HIV suds test that we could not use their name. Can anyone direct me on this?