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Use this checklist to see if you have these U.S. infection prevention and safety documents/records on hand.
Regulatory and Guidance Documents and App
❑ OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard
❑ OSHA Hazard Communication Standard
❑ OSHA Emergency Standards:
osha.gov/SLTC/etools/evacuation/evaluate.html
[ ] Design and Construction requirements for exit routes
[ ] Emergency action plans*
[ ] Fire prevention plans*
[ ] Maintenance, safeguards and operational features for exit routes
[ ] Portable fire extinguishers
[ ] Fire detection systems
[ ] Fire extinguishing systems
[ ] Fire alarm systems.
❑ State, local or other regulatory documents that may apply (e.g., sterilization monitoring, waste disposal)
❑ CDC Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health-care Settings – 2003
❑ CDC Summary of Infection Prevention Practices in Dental Settings: Basic Expectations for Safe Care
❑ CDC DentalCheck app (cdc.gov/features/dental-check-app/index.html)
Policy Documents
❑ OSHA written Exposure Control Plan
❑ OSHA written Hazard Communication program
❑ CDC written health program for employees
❑ CDC tuberculosis infection control plan
❑ Policies not covered by OSHA (e.g., state regulations on instrument sterilization, sterilization monitoring, waste management and waterline management and testing)
❑ OSHA poster “Job Safety and Health”- publication number 3165 (see osha.gov/Publications/poster.html)
Records
❑ OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard and Hazard Communication training records
❑ OSHA required written schedule for cleaning and disinfecting areas in the facility ❑ OSHA confidential employee medical records
[ ] Includes written opinions from evaluating healthcare provider on employee vaccination status and post-exposure evaluation and follow-up when needed
❑ Hepatitis B vaccination declination (refusal) forms (if needed)
❑ Exposure incident reports
❑ Results from sterilization monitoring (mechanical, chemical and biological)
❑ Records on the routine maintenance of sterilization equipment
❑ Radiographic equipment certification
❑ Manifests from regulated medical waste haulers
❑ Verification of on-site treatment of regulated medical waste (if needed)
❑ Safety data sheets for hazardous chemicals used
❑ Chemical list
❑ Annual sharps safety screening/evaluation forms
❑ Dental unit waterlines testing records
*If 10 or fewer employees, plans may be oral rather than written. This only applies to the emergency action plan and fire prevention plan not to SOPs or ECPs.
Source
OSAP.org
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