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Keeping good records provides a view of the bigger picture, such as commonalities across incidents and trends over time, and makes it easier to identify places for improvement.
Employers covered by 1910.1030 are required to maintain certain types of records that relate to bloodborne pathogen hazards and exposures:
Records must be available to the employees they concern, to representatives of those employees in certain circumstances, and to officials of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) upon request.
Research labs and production facilities
Employers will want to note that human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) research labs and production facilities may have additional and more stringent documentation requirements under 1910.1030(e).
Keeping good records provides a view of the bigger picture, such as commonalities across incidents and trends over time, and makes it easier to identify places for improvement.
Employers covered by 1910.1030 are required to maintain certain types of records that relate to bloodborne pathogen hazards and exposures:
Records must be available to the employees they concern, to representatives of those employees in certain circumstances, and to officials of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) upon request.
Research labs and production facilities
Employers will want to note that human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) research labs and production facilities may have additional and more stringent documentation requirements under 1910.1030(e).