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Dental OSHA training online, with certificates

Dental OSHA training online meets the bloodborne pathogens rule when a knowledgeable trainer answers questions at the time they arise 29 CFR 1910.1030(g)(2)(vii)(N) OSHA letter 2008-01-17, Q2. The Dental OSHA Kit includes it: each person on your staff watches the recorded modules, takes a short quiz, and gets a certificate.

The employer provides bloodborne pathogens training at no cost to the employee and during working hours 29 CFR 1910.1030(g)(2)(i)

3 modules

The modules

Bloodborne pathogens

For each employee with occupational exposure to blood or saliva. Covers every item on the list below.

when it is due

At initial assignment, then at least once a year, within one year of the previous training. Also when new tasks or procedures change a person's exposure.

29 CFR 1910.1030(g)(2)(ii), (iv) 29 CFR 1910.1030(g)(2)(v)

Hazard communication

The chemicals in your office, how to spot a release, how to protect yourself, the labels, the safety data sheets, and where your written program and chemical list are kept.

when it is due

At initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard comes into the work area.

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) 29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(2)-(h)(3)

Emergency and fire

Your emergency action plan and the fire hazards in your office, and the parts of the fire prevention plan each person needs for self-protection.

when it is due

Review the emergency plan with each employee when the plan is made or the person starts, when their duties under it change, and when the plan changes. Tell each person their fire hazards at initial assignment.

29 CFR 1910.38(f) 29 CFR 1910.39(d)

What the bloodborne pathogens training covers (14 items)

The rule lists 14 items every program must contain 29 CFR 1910.1030(g)(2)(vii). Our module follows this list, filled in with your office plan:

  1. An accessible copy of the bloodborne pathogens standard and an explanation of it
  2. The epidemiology and symptoms of bloodborne diseases
  3. How bloodborne pathogens are transmitted
  4. Your office exposure control plan, and how to get a copy
  5. How to recognize tasks that may involve exposure to blood and other potentially infectious materials
  6. The use and limits of engineering controls, work practices and personal protective equipment
  7. The types, use, location, removal, handling, decontamination and disposal of protective equipment
  8. Why each type of protective equipment is chosen
  9. The hepatitis B vaccine: how well it works, its safety, how it is given, its benefits, and that it is free
  10. What to do and who to contact in an emergency with blood or other potentially infectious materials
  11. What to do after an exposure incident: how to report it and the medical follow-up available
  12. The post-exposure evaluation and follow-up the employer must provide
  13. The signs, labels and color coding the rule requires
  14. Live questions and answers with the person who conducts the training

quiz and certificate

What proof of training does each person get?

A certificate with their name, the module and the date, valid for 12 months. Your office also gets a training record for each session with the dates, the content, the names and qualifications of the trainers, and the names and job titles of the people trained 29 CFR 1910.1030(h)(2)(i). Keep each record 3 years from the training date 29 CFR 1910.1030(h)(2)(ii).

  1. 01 / quiz

    Each module ends with a short quiz.

  2. 02 / certificate

    A person who passes gets a certificate.

  3. 03 / record

    You get a training record for each session.

live questions

Who answers staff questions during online training?

Your office coordinator, a person who knows the subject as it relates to your office 29 CFR 1910.1030(g)(2)(viii). OSHA accepts a referral to the coordinator when that person "is immediately available and is a knowledgeable trainer" OSHA letter 2003-06-26, Q3. The coordinator answers each question at the time it arises, in the room, by phone or by live video OSHA letter 2008-01-17, Q2.

what this means for your office

What OSHA said about online training

OSHA answered this case in a letter about online training. It said:

"Employees must have direct access to a qualified trainer. A referral system does not qualify as direct access, unless the exposure control coordinator is immediately available and is a knowledgeable trainer within the meaning of 29 CFR 1910.1030(g)(2)(viii)."

OSHA letter 2003-06-26, Q3

yearly renewal

How often is bloodborne pathogens training required?

At least once a year. Each employee with occupational exposure is trained at initial assignment, then within one year of the previous training 29 CFR 1910.1030(g)(2)(ii), (iv), and again when new tasks or procedures change their exposure 29 CFR 1910.1030(g)(2)(v). Hazard communication training has no yearly rule: it is due at initial assignment and for each new chemical hazard 29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1).

Each year the plan gives your staff the new training and new certificates. The 12-month certificate matches the bloodborne pathogens rule, and the renewal includes the hazard communication module for new staff and any new chemical hazard.