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OSHA - Correct answer-Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Primary purpose of OSHA - Correct answer-Ensuring employee safety and health.
Why? The facility's most valuable asset is it's employees.
OSHAs goals through the National Emphasis Program - Correct answer-Reduce
muscoskeletal injuries for employees
OSHA will target facilities with a high incident rate with DART. DART means - Correct
answer-Days away, restricted, transfers
Subject to OSHA survey: if DART rate of ____ or more employees per 100 FTEs -
Correct answer-10
OSHA 300 - Correct answer-- Annual log of injuries and illnesses
OSHA300A - Correct 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 - Correct answer-First form completed when an employee is injured or
becomes ill due to a work related incident.
OSHA records must be kept for - Correct answer-5 years
If OSHA requests records, they must be submitted within - Correct answer-4 hours of
request
Work related deaths muat be reported to OSHA within - Correct answer-8 hours
Any injury that results in hospitalization, amputation of a limb, or loss of an eye must be
reported within - Correct answer-24hrs
OSHAS standards for BBP - Correct 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 - Correct answer-Standard precautions, proper
handling and disposal of contaminated sharps and other materials and use of PPE
, An effective infection control program must have - Correct 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
4) Surveillance (monitoring, data analysis, documentation)
5) Education and training
6) Antibiotic review
The FLSA is administered by - Correct answer-The US Department of Labor
Primary purpose of the Fair Labor Standards Act - Correct answer-Provides certain
guarantees to employees about the minimum rate of pay for overtime, minimum wages,
child labor and the Equal Pay Act.
Who imposes the minimum wage? - Correct answer-Wage and Hour Division of the US
Dept of Labor
Equal Employment Opportunity - Correct answer-Part of the FLSA and is administered
and enforced by the EEOC which prohibits sex-based wage discrimination between
men and women
EEOC - Correct answer-An ammendement to the Civil Rights Act and is a unit of the
DOL.
Laws enforced by EEOC - Correct answer-Civil Rights Act(anti discrimination of religion,
sex, origin, etc) EPA (gender equalit, Rehabilitation Act (disabilities in the federal govt),
ADA, Pregnancy discrimination Act.
Purpose of the EEOC - Correct answer-Federal Agency that monitors employment in
order to prevent any type of discrimination
The OIG role - Correct answer-Protects against fraud, waste and abuse (part of the
Social Security Administration) Provides support in oversight, financing and quality of
care in nursing homes. Also charged with protecting the federal health care programs
and their beneficiaries from untrustworthy providers
Anti-kickback - Correct answer-Prohibits offering money or other valuable items in
return for referrals (i.e vendors, physicians, and providers)
Safe Harbor - Correct answer-Prohibitions against illegal payment for services or items
reimbursed under Medicare/Medicaid. Business whose practice does not violate Anti-
Kickback statute. It's a joint venture that meets all standards issued by the OIG. It's
immune from criminal prosecution of civil sanctions.