[MCOH-EH] Record keeping and OSHA regulations

[Kim Schlessinger]

Is the 50 years + employment retention for BBP exposures a policy specific to your healthcare facility?  I don’t remember this being part of the OSHA regulation.  

Appreciate the discussion on this topic.  We are currently re-visiting how we retain our employee health exposure and medical records.  

 

Kim Schlessinger, MN, ANP, COHN-S

Director, Employee Health & Safety

Samaritan Health Services

kims at samhealth.org

 

From: MCOH-EH [mailto:mcoh-eh-bounces at mylist.net] On Behalf Of Lisa Dyrdahl
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We follow the OSHA ruling to keep all records for 30yrs + employment.  We have not ever notified OSHA of destruction, but records are stored electronically now and we don’t have destroy dates.

 

Exposure records are 50yrs + employment for all BBP exposures.

 

Lisa Dyrdahl, RN BSN

Employee Health Nurse

Valley Medical Center

Ph 425-690-3088

Lisa_Dyrdahl at Valleymed.org

 

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Hello everyone :

  I was wondering if someone can share their experience with employee medical record retention . Do you all follow the rule of preserving the records for duration of employment PLUS thirty years as outlined in the CFR 1910.1020??

  Do you notify OSHA as recommended when you want to destroy the records ??

Any input will be highly appreciated,

Thanks




Enass Awad A/Rahman,MD,MPH,FACOEM

Medical Director, Occupational and Employee Health Clinic 

UC Davis Health

2221 Stockton Boulevard 

Sacramento, CA, 95817

Email: eaarahman at ucdavis.edu 


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