OSHA Hazard Communication and Chemical Hygiene
Continuing Education Credits
This course covers the OSHA Chemical Hygiene Standard and helps satisfy OSHA requirements for annual training. Terry Jo Gile covers Haz-Com, the NFPA diamond, and SDS, and explains common sense laboratory safety rules applied to clinical laboratory practice. Appropriate for annual laboratory compliance training and for clinical laboratory science students prior to clinical rotations.
Objectives
- Explain the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Hazard Communications Standard as it relates to healthcare areas where hazardous chemicals are handled and/or stored.
- Explain labels and coding systems that alert users to chemical hazards.
- Define each section of a safety data sheet (SDS).
- Identify basic laboratory common sense rules that apply to chemical handling.
Course Outline
- Chemicals: Past and Present
- Introduction
- Introduction
- Chemicals
- Hazard Communication Standard
- Regulation of Chemical Hazards in the Laboratory
- Where would you find an evaluation of the carcinogenic potential of all chemicals used in the laboratory?
- Responsibility
- Employer Responsibility
- Your Responsibility
- Labeling Systems
- Globally Harmonized System for Labeling of Chemicals
- Hazard Labels: National Fire Protection Association
- Other Labeling Systems
- Labeling Secondary Containers
- What hazard is indicated by the pictogram on the right?
- What does the blue diamond signify within the NFPA safety diamond?
- Safety Data Sheets
- Right to Know
- Right to Know
- Be Prepared
- Sections of a Safety Data Sheet
- Sections
- SDS Example
- Section 1
- Sections 2 and 3
- Section 4
- Section 5
- Section 6
- Section 7
- Section 8
- Section 9
- Section 10
- Section 11
- Sections 12 and 13
- Section 14
- Section 15
- Section 16
- If you accidentally splash a reagent that contains a hazardous chemical on your skin, where could you quickly obtain information regarding the hazards associated with the chemical and the recommended first aid?
- Laboratory Safety Precautions
- General
- General Laboratory Precautions
- Management of Spill and Disposal
- Wash Your Hands
- Personal Protective Equipment
- Eyewash Stations
- Eyewash Station Requirements
- Chemical Storage
- Reducing the Risk of Fires Involving Chemicals
- Monitoring Exposure
- If you splash a chemical in your eyes, what is the minimum length of time that you should rinse your eyes in tepid water at the eyewash station?
- Laboratory Rules
- Laboratory Rules
- Keep It Safe
- References
- References
Additional Information
Level of Instruction: Basic
Intended Audience: Health care personnel and other professional personnel whose occupations involve the potential of exposure to hazardous chemicals.
Author Information: Terry Jo Gile, MAEd, MLS(ASCP) has over 45 years of experience as a certified medical technologist. She has a bachelor's degree in Biology from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, and a master's degree in Education from Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. For 20 years, she was a member of the management team at Barnes-Jewish Hospital Department of Laboratories in St. Louis, Missouri, and served as the Safety Officer as well as a laboratory safety consultant to the BJC Health System. Terry Jo headed her own consulting firm, Safety Lady, LLC, for 27 years. In that capacity, she lectured and consulted worldwide on the proper implementation of safety programs in clinical laboratories.
The author has no
conflict of interest to disclose.
Reviewer Information: Laurie Bjerklie, MA, MLS(ASCP)CM, is
a Lead Education Developer. She earned a B.S. in Medical Laboratory Science
from the University of North Dakota and an M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction
from Saint Xavier University. She has over 15 years of experience in higher
education and has held program director and faculty positions in both MLT and
MLS programs.