OSHA Plus™ delivers your required OSHA health care regulations training in an uncomplicated and easily-understood training format. Our course provides excellent content, medical research, graphics, and slide animations.

The subjects covered in our program include:

Bloodborne Pathogens
Tuberculosis Infection Control (as enforced under the General Duty Clause)
Hazard Communication
Personal Protective Equipment
Emergency Action & Fire Safety Plan Standards

Built from our 27+ years in the health care industry, OSHA Plus™ is designed for health care facilities of all sizes. For smaller health care facilities, simply administer our system as a self-study program, enabling your employees to learn at their own pace. For larger health care facilities, OSHA Plus™ can be delivered by an instructor to groups of employees, saving your company time and money.

And upon successful completion of the course, a Training Certificate and Training Acknowledgment Form may be administered.

Learning Objectives

We reinforce OSHA's standards with timely medical statistical data, emphasizing the importance of creating safer health care practices. Our ability to link data from leading medical surveillance systems to OSHA regulations is unprecedented in health care compliance training!

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

Describe OSHA's mandatory regulations and methods of compliance in the areas of: Bloodborne Pathogens, Personal Protective Equipment, Hazard Communications, Tuberculosis Infection Control (enforced under the General Duty Clause), and Emergency Action & Fire Safety Plans
Explain the importance of the General Duty Clause
Define bloodborne pathogens such as HBV, HCV and HIV and describe their respective symptoms
Describe in detail how bloodborne pathogens are transmitted in healthcare settings
Define the concepts of: Occupational Exposure, Universal Precautions, Work Practice Controls, and Engineering Controls
Describe why the Needlestick Safety & Prevention Act was signed into law
Identify 5 types of Engineering Controlled Medical Devices
Explain the Hepatitis B Vaccination series & Post-vaccination Titer
Describe in detail OSHA's methods of compliance regarding Hepatitis B Vaccinations and Post-exposure Evaluation & Follow-up
Define at least 9 Other Potentially Infectious Materials (OPIM)
Explain OSHA's definition of Regulated Waste
Describe methods for handling regulated waste in healthcare settings
Describe what constitutes Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and its appropriate use
Explain the "do's & don'ts" of managing contaminated PPE
Describe OSHA's Respiratory Protection Program and fit testing requirement of the NIOSH approved N95 mask
Define key terms such as: Hazardous Chemicals, Health Hazards, and Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
Describe the importance of Hazard Communication labeling and delineate the Hazard Rating Chart
Define Tuberculosis (TB) and how OSHA and the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) are working together on TB Infection Control
Describe when TB is infectious
Identify key elements of an effective TB Infection Control Program
Explain how the National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) effects OSHA's Exit Routes egress standards
Describe the basic requirements for exit routes and alarm systems
Define the minimum elements of effective Emergency Action and Fire Prevention Plans

OSHA Plus™ Includes:

CD disk containing 61 slides of the most recent and relevant OSHA Healthcare Compliance Regulations
Instructor Training Notes
Instructor Reference Material
OSHA Plus™ Objectives
OSHA Plus™ Quiz
OSHA Plus™ Quiz Answer Sheet
Training Certificate
Employee Training Acknowledgement Form
Instructor Evaluation Form
Supplemental Hand-Out Material

Notable Sources of Medical Citations:

American Medical Association (AMA)
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
Division of Viral Hepatitis, National Center for Infectious Diseases
Division of Tuberculosis Elimination (DTBE)
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases (NCPDCID)
U.S. EPINet Network
Occupational Hazards
National Safety Council (NSC)
Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center
National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA)
American College of Emergency Physicians
Infection Control Today
World Health Organization (WHO)

About The Provider: Offering 27 years of Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner experience and highly skilled in occupational health, the founder of OSHA Optics, LLC set forth to develop an OSHA health care compliant training system which is unrivaled in content, unrivaled in medical research, unrivaled in graphics and unrivaled in slide animations. Her "hands-on" experience in occupational health coupled with a thorough understanding of OSHA's health care regulations has resulted in a unique offering -- OSHA Plus™!

With an exclusive focus in health care, OSHA Optics dedicates all its resources to better educate the health care community in OSHA compliance by delivering training products which include the latest OSHA regulations, most recent citations from leading medical surveillance systems, and a delivery platform creating the most visual impact. OSHA Optics delivers health care regulations uncomplicated and easily understood. We reinforce OSHA's standards with timely medical statistical data, emphasizing the importance of creating safer health care practices. In accord with the "spirit" of OSHA's rules and regulations, OSHA Optics seeks to empower the medical community through our novel approach of recognizing potential occupational hazards and installing safeguards to increase the wellbeing of employers and employees. As the leader in OSHA health care compliant PowerPoint training, OSHA Optics will continue to leverage our relationships within the occupational health community to serve our on-going effort to provide expert OSHA compliance guidance.