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Dental Office OSHA- Do We Really Have to Train Annually?

OSHA Training never brings a smile to your face. Thinking about this arduous task makes most of us cringe.  Seeing an OSHA Training Session, scheduled during your workday’s lunch hour is about as exciting as looking forward to doing your taxes.  Nonetheless, a necessary evil.

Not only is OSHA Employee Training required for your dental office to do annually, but every dental office employee is required to complete it.  This includes Receptionists, part-time employees, and even the Doctor!   If you pull a paycheck from the practice, you have to be there.  If you work at all within the office dwelling, you have to be there.

But let’s face it, not every employee may be able to attend the training in one set, given time.  What are you to do? Thanks to modern technology and more creative means of accomplishing training, select OSHA Training Companies can offer you the convenience of replicating or repeating your training session for absentee employees.  Even better, you should be able to obtain the training in a format that allows new-hires to train for free.

To accomplish this end, make sure to choose an Annual OSHA Employee Training Company that will provide the following:  Proof-of-Training Certificate, Handout for your Employees to Follow, Test of the Materials Presented, Live Instruction— either in person or better yet, via webinar and access to an OSHA Expert for future reference regarding questions, clarifications and access to important updates.

A 5-Star, Industry Rated program comes from Dental Enhancements. The Initial Annual OSHA Employee Training Package comes also with a 72-Point OSHA Safety Facility Report.  It is completed via the phone post-training session with one of your employees.  Recommendations for rectifying any Non-OSHA Compliant areas within your office are reflected in your customized report, making this program a superior OSHA training solution that most dental offices value.  It provides peace-of-mind for when an OSHA Inspector may “come-a-knockin” at your door.  Unlimited OSHA support—in the form of telephone or email access is also provided for one full year with this program.

Feeling inspired?  Much better huh?  So when you see that OSHA Training Session scheduled during your precious lunch hour now, you can smile not cringe.  It’s all about choosing the right OSHA Training coaches.  So, choose…Don’t snooze.  Don’t lose!

 

Written by Jill Obrochta & Heather Whitt of Dental Enhancements.

 

Top (5) OSHA Finable Offenses

 

Are you OSHA inspection ready?  Do you know what OSHA inspectors will be looking for within your dental office?

It’s not only important to train your employees annually on OSHA Laws, it’s important to be aware of and prepared of OSHA inspector check-points.  Working with an OSHA Compliance Training Company that will provide insider tips for what OSHA inspectors focus on is critical.  Listed below are the top (5) finable OSHA offenses that are scrutinized most often within the dental office:

1.        Annual OSHA Employee Training—Make sure you sign up with a company that can provide reminders of the date you are due to re-train annually or one that has an OSHA Renewal Program.

2.       New OSHA GHS Proof-of-Training Requirement— GHS (Global Harmonization System) is a new federal mandate that standardizes chemical safety within the workplace.  All United States work facilities that have/ use hazardous chemicals or professional products needed to be trained in GHS with proof of this training by December 1, 2013.  If you are not yet trained in this OSHA /GHS area of compliance make sure to choose a simple yet comprehensive GHS Training solution.

3.       OSHA Manual written to the new GHS Standard— With the change in law to this new GHS Standard all of your OSHA paperwork, required forms and even the written standards  within your current OSHA manual will change.  Best to update and obtain a new one.

4.       OSHA Updated Employee Paperwork— There are (5) required documents for each employee in your dental office to sign and have on file.  Make sure again, that these are written to the new GHS Standard.  Need help?  Work with a knowledgeable and reliable OSHA Compliance Training Company that will supply all of these forms.

5.       Third Party Biological Testing— Most States require weekly testing of your heat sterilizer. (Exceptions are Arkansas & Florida which require proof-of-testing every 40 hours that you run your sterilizer).  The tricky part here is that if you have a failure, you must provide written proof that your sterilizer, and an alternate sterilizer prove the consistency of the failure.  Ugggh…this is enough to make your head spin.  Find and use a Third-Party Biological Monitor Testing company and have them send you official reports.  Save these on file for 3 years for your OSHA inspectors.

Of course there are many other considerations and regulations to follow.  Work with an OSHA Compliance Training Company that will provide an assessment of your facility and supply you with a customized report and recommendations for rectifying any of your non-compliant areas. 

So, what do you think?  Are you OSHA Inspection ready after reading this?  If not, stop procrastinating and find an OSHA coach that can help you scrutinize your OSHA status and let you get back to the art of dentistry.

Written by Jill Obrochta and Heather Whitt of Dental Enhancements.