OSHA Basics
This act requires employers to provide a safe workplace free from recognized hazards.
What is the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)?
The document that lists hazards, composition, and safe handling of chemicals.
What is a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) or Safety Data Sheet (SDS)?
PPE Stands For
Personal Protective Equipment
The federal rule that protects patients’ health information in most health care settings.
What is HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)?
Protection that shields patients and staff from stray X-ray exposure
What are lead aprons and thyroid collars or proper shielding?
The acronym for safety training that must be provided in a language workers understand.
A required component of chemical labels that lists product identity, hazard statements, and safe handling precautions
What is the label (hazard labeling) or the chemical label?
What are nitrile gloves?
A patient-rights provision that allows access to one’s own medical records
What is the Right of Access or patient access rights?
his daily practice helps prevent electrical hazards from dental equipment.
What is inspecting cords/plugs and using grounded outlets?
This is the personal protective equipment that protects eyes and face from splashes
What are goggles or face shields
This concept requires that employees be informed about the chemical’s primary hazards and the appropriate PPE to wear.
What is hazard communication or hazard information and PPE guidance?
2 types of eye protections
what are safety glasses and face shields
An action that is NOT allowed under HIPAA without patient authorization.
What is disclosing PHI (protected health information) to unauthorized persons?
A standard protocol for sterilizing dental instruments between patients.
What is instrument sterilization validation or autoclave sterilization?
The required program that communicates chemical hazards to employees.
What is the Hazard Communication Standard (HazCom)?
A common error when using disinfectants in offices.
What is mixing products or not following contact time?
What is Hepatitis B
A common administrative safeguard to protect electronic PHI (ePHI), requiring unique user IDs.
What is access control or user authentication?
A general OSHA standard for maintaining a safe workplace, applicable to most private employers.
What is 29 CFR 1910?
The standard that governs the use, storage, and disposal of hazardous chemicals.
What is the Hazard Communication Standard (HazCom) or 29 CFR 1910.1200?
Method to reduce BBP exposure when handling sharps
What is using a Sharps container and or safe needle disposal
The rule that requires covered entities to implement safeguards for privacy and security.
What is the Privacy Rule and Security Rule under HIPAA?
A routine check to ensure lead aprons and shielding remain effective for radiographic work.
What is a lead shielding integrity check or dosimetry review?