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OSHA Chemical Hygiene (updated 2007) (Online Course)

Terry Jo Gile MT(ASCP) MA Ed.

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 MSDS, 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.

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Objectives

  • Explain the Haz-Com standard as it relates to laboratory work.
  • Explain the National Fire Protection Agency diamond.
  • Explain each section of the Material Safety Data Sheet.
  • Explain basic laboratory common sense rules.

Course Outline

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  • Chemicals -- Past and Present
  • Manufacturer's Label
      • Format of the Label
      • Identification
      • Instructions
      • Read the Label!
  • National Fire Protection Agency
      • Numerical Ranking
      • Health Hazards
      • Fire Hazards
      • Reactivity
      • Special Hazards
  • Material Safety Data Sheets
    • Right to Know
      • Right to Know
      • Before Working...
      • To Request a MSDS
      • Sections
    • Sections
      • Identification
      • Identification (continued)
      • Hazardous Ingredients
      • Physical and Chemical Data
      • Fire and Explosion Hazard Data
      • Reactivity Data
      • Health Hazard Data
      • Spill and Disposal Data
      • Handling and Storage Data
    • General
      • General Information
      • Be Prepared!
  • Lab Safety Precautions
    • General
      • General Laboratory Precautions
      • Ingestion Prevention
      • Management of Spill & Disposal
      • Wash Your Hands!
      • Personal Protective Equipment
      • Fire Extinguishers
      • Monitoring
    • Common Sense
      • Common Sense Rules
      • Common Sense Rules (continued)
      • Keep It Safe!

Additional Information

Level of instruction: Basic

Intended Audience: Healthcare personnel and other professional personnel whose occupations involve the potential of exposure to hazardous chemicals
 
Author Information:  Terry Jo Gile, MT(ASCP)MA Ed. "The Safety Lady®" has over 45 years 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. As President of her own consulting firm, Safety Lady, LLC, she is a world renowned speaker and consultant helping organizations create safety savvy laboratories.
 





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