Chapter 8 of “Regulatory Compliance Manual” by the California Dental Association Practice Support Center displays a sample regulatory compliance record form for Cal/OSHA bloodline pathogens standard requirements. This chapter presents the recordkeeping for serious work-related injuries concerning bloodborne pathogens and determines how they must be addressed. The information in these forms helps employers, workers, and OSHA evaluate workplace safety, understand industry hazards, and implement worker protections to reduce and eliminate hazards, thus preventing future workplace injuries and illnesses.
The sample forms are of a dental office detailing that everyone in the office adhered to the provided work precautions and that everyone except Amber Camacho was vaccinated with hepatitis B immune. These forms also are documentation of record keeping explaining that Dr. Ramirez updated the record and went over the training again. Dr. Ramirez’s medical record shows that he was exposed to Hepatitis B while at work and had revaccination conducted on him. The standards also provide ground for informed refusal upon adequately being taken through the consequences or risks of such an action.
For instance, Chapter 8 shows Dr. Amber Camacho’s informed refusal of Hepatitis B vaccination. Moreover, chapter 8 displays the housekeeping schedule forms detailing the cleaning schedule to ensure that the workplace remains safe. It specifies areas that need to be cleaned and how frequently it occurs. Other aspects that this chapter displays in terms of forms include individual training documentation, waste management, employee accident/ Body exposure, a follow-up plan, and a sample letter that confirms the source patient’s denial of testing.
OSHA Injury and Illness Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements are essential for improving the tracking of workplace injuries and illnesses. The proposed rules and guidelines provide comprehensive ways of preventing or dealing with arising issues on at individual basis and ensure that the individual involved in an injury understands each of the decisions they make, especially concerning informed refusal to engage in a test, vaccination, or any form of treatment. Chapter 8, therefore, details these requirements with the use of completed forms in a dental office scenario.