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Any employer who’s required to have an exposure control plan must solicit input from non-managerial employees who are responsible for direct patient care and who are potentially exposed to injuries from contaminated sharps. These employees must have input into the identification, selection, and evaluation of effective engineering and work practice controls.
The employer must solicit employee input in ways that are appropriate to the circumstances in the workplace. These may include
Employers must clearly and effectively communicate these opportunities to employees.
Employers don’t need to receive input from every employee who provides direct patient care and who is potentially exposed to contaminated sharps. However, the employees selected to provide input must represent the range of exposure situations encountered in the workplace (e.g., emergency department, pediatrics, nuclear medicine).
The employer must document the process by which the input was requested and identify the employees or the positions of those employees who were involved.
If employees with occupational exposure are not responsible for patient care, this solicitation isn’t necessary. Laboratory workers, for example, who do not have patient contact, would not be included in this provision. However, where this solicitation provision is not required, the written plan needs to document that this element does not apply because the employees don’t perform direct patient care or are not potentially exposed to contaminated sharps.
Any employer who’s required to have an exposure control plan must solicit input from non-managerial employees who are responsible for direct patient care and who are potentially exposed to injuries from contaminated sharps. These employees must have input into the identification, selection, and evaluation of effective engineering and work practice controls.
The employer must solicit employee input in ways that are appropriate to the circumstances in the workplace. These may include
Employers must clearly and effectively communicate these opportunities to employees.
Employers don’t need to receive input from every employee who provides direct patient care and who is potentially exposed to contaminated sharps. However, the employees selected to provide input must represent the range of exposure situations encountered in the workplace (e.g., emergency department, pediatrics, nuclear medicine).
The employer must document the process by which the input was requested and identify the employees or the positions of those employees who were involved.
If employees with occupational exposure are not responsible for patient care, this solicitation isn’t necessary. Laboratory workers, for example, who do not have patient contact, would not be included in this provision. However, where this solicitation provision is not required, the written plan needs to document that this element does not apply because the employees don’t perform direct patient care or are not potentially exposed to contaminated sharps.