Prepare for OSHA Inspections with Care2Learn’s new Bloodborne Pathogens Course
By: Ryan Sparks MS, MBA
VP of Content Development and General Manager
Exposure to bloodborne pathogens and other potentially infectious materials poses a daily risk for health care professionals. On the heels of OSHA’s recently issued annual inspection plan, Care2Learn has just released a new course highlighting the latest OSHA guidelines with regard to Bloodborne Pathogens (BBP) and the administration’s plan to target Residential Care Facilities. Under the Site-Specific Targeting 2010 (SST-10) program, OSHA Residential Care Facilities are among the 4,100 workplaces scheduled to be selected at random for inspection.
OSHA standards now require employers to provide training to identify the hazards of blood and other potentially infectious materials prior to exposure and to repeat the training on an annual basis. Prepare your management team now for future inspections by completing Care2Learn’s latest course, Bloodborne Pathogens (1391). The highly relevant course material provides a comprehensive explanation of OSHA’s latest regulations regarding occupational exposure to blood and other potentially infectious materials, including the use of personal protective equipment to ensure your safety and the safety of your staff. For your non-licensed staff, Care2Learn recommends Bloodborne Pathogens: OSHA Standard (P1075).
In addition to bloodborne pathogens and other potentially infectious materials, OSHA will focus its upcoming inspections on ergonomic stressors; exposure to tuberculosis; and slips, trips, and falls. Contact your health care account manager today to ensure your training program includes these key course topics.
Learning Management Tip: Quantify Training Benefits that Align with Revenue
Staying on the cutting edge of health care education is imperative for providing your clients with quality and effective care, but trying to justify training investments to senior leadership can be a challenge—especially when changes in reimbursement procedure have prompted organizations to examine every penny spent.
Still, overcoming the challenge is simple when you know how to effectively communicate the substantial connection between training and measureable performance indicators. This can be done by tying quantifiable past improvements in satisfaction surveys results, new-hire productivity rates, error rates or employee turnover rates to previous training initiatives. If such historical performance data is unavailable, you can still defend your investment in learning by tying training to a new quarterly (or annual) goal such as improving resident satisfaction by a particular percentage. Keep it simple, and others are bound to see the benefits!
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