COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉ Primary purpose of OSHA Answer: Ensuring employee safety and
health. Why? The facility's most valuable asset is it's employees.
◉ OSHAs goals through the National Emphasis Program Answer:
Reduce muscoskeletal injuries for employees
◉ OSHA will target facilities with a high incident rate with DART.
DART means Answer: Days away, restricted, transfers
◉ Subject to OSHA survey: if DART rate of ____ or more employees
per 100 FTEs Answer: 10
◉ OSHA 300 Answer: - Annual log of injuries and illnesses
◉ OSHA300A Answer: - Summary of OSHA300, but does not include
the names of employees. Must be posted in the facility Feb 1 - APRIL
30 of each year.
◉ OSHA 301 Answer: First form completed when an employee is
injured or becomes ill due to a work related incident.
, ◉ OSHA records must be kept for Answer: 5 years
◉ If OSHA requests records, they must be submitted within Answer: 4
hours of request
◉ Work related deaths muat be reported to OSHA within Answer: 8
hours
◉ Any injury that results in hospitalization, amputation of a limb, or loss
of an eye must be reported within Answer: 24hrs
◉ OSHAS standards for BBP Answer: -BBP- HIV and HBV
-All facilities must have a BBP training program which includes how to
handle bloodspills
-Mandates protection against occupational exposures
◉ Occupational Exposures by OSHA Answer: Standard precautions,
proper handling and disposal of contaminated sharps and other materials
and use of PPE
◉ An effective infection control program must have Answer: 1) PPRs
with evidence based infection control practices
2) Program thar includes planning, organizing, implementing, operating,
and monitoring all aspects of the program
3) Infection preventionist