OSHA Safety for Healthcare Workers - Protecting Yourself from Bloodborne Health Risks

Video Training

Category:  OSHA

Title: OSHA Safety for Healthcare Workers - Protecting Yourself from Bloodborne Health Risks

Presenter: Cathy Montgomery, RN, President of Excellentia Advisory Group

Cathy has over 20 years of experience in healthcare services management. During her position as Regional Manager for Barnes Hospital, Cathy oversaw several physician practices.  As Regional Administrator for Novamed, she oversaw operations of the physician practices, as well as the ambulatory surgery centers and optical shops in the Metro St. Louis and Illinois areas.  Under her direction, a state-of-the-art refractive surgery center was also designed and opened in St. Louis, MO. 

Cathy is Founder and President of Excellentia Advisory Group, a consulting and development company serving both the surgical industry through ASC’s as well as surgical hospitals and office-based surgical practices.  Cathy’s passion has been teaching compliance to CMS Conditions of Coverage, AAAHC accreditation, and assisting ASCs with their survey readiness.

Description:  

This one hour webinar session will provide you with your required annual OSHA training on Sharps Safety, Bloodborne Pathogens and the proper use of personal protective equipment.  All employees who could be "reasonably anticipated" to face contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials should attend.

This session will instruct on best practices utilized at medical facilities to protect workers and decrease risks.  This course reviews the following:

• Introduction to Bloodborne Pathogens
• Types of Bloodborne Pathogens
• Communicating Hazards
• Methods to control risk of exposure
• Emergency procedures for when exposure occurs

Note-taking version of this PowerPoint Presentation. CLICK HERE to download.

Articles and Handouts that support this presentation. Click on each to download. Microsoft Word, Excel and Adobe Reader may be necessary to download and preview.

1. Article: Hepatitis B and the Healthcare Worker
2. Healthcare Worker Medical Glove Checklist
3. Nine Steps to Avoiding Needlesticks
4. When to Wear PPE

Once you and any/all staff have reviewed this presentation, you will be eligible to receive a Certificate of Participation worth one Credit Hour of continuing education. You simply contact us at events@excellentiagroup.com requesting your certificates, using the Certificate Request Form found in the link below. You will need to provide a typed list of all participants first and last names, position title (RN ,BSN, etc.), license numbers (if professionals) and date of completion.

 CLICK HERE for Certificate Request Form