For doctors’ offices and clinics, the most frequent citations are listed here. Your take-away is create your policies and plans and train your employees to those. Don’t forget to document that training!
- failure to implement and maintain an Exposure Control Plan under the BBP standard;
- failure to train under the BBP standard;
- failure to engineer out hazards/ensure hand washing under BBP standard;
- poor housekeeping under the BBP standard;
- failure to implement and maintain a written Hazard Communication Program;
- failure to make the Hepatitis B vaccination available under the BBP standard;
- failure to prepare Exposure Determinations under the BBP standard;
- failure to use personal protective equipment under the BBP standard;
- failure to provide post exposure Hepatitis B vaccination under the BBP standard; and
- failure to train employees under the Hazard Communication standard.