OSHA Guidebook for Labs, Second Edition - Softcover

HCPro

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1578398894 ISBN 13: 9781578398898

Publisher: HCPro, 2006

Synopsis

Get concise 'must-know' information on 37 OSHA lab hot spots for just a fraction of the cost of an OSHA violation!

As a lab professional, you're busier than ever. You don t have time to spend going through volumes of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations many that aren't even related to your work in the lab. You need compliance-specific information focused on OSHA's lab standards at your fingertips at all times, especially when inspectors show up.

Turn to the HCPro best-selling guidebook OSHA Guidebook for Labs, Second Edition!

Filled with standards and guidelines, this compact, on-the-job manual provides to-the-point information on exactly what you need to know to comply with 37 OSHA lab-related standards you come across everyday. Designed for lab directors, managers, and compliance officers, it's the only guidebook available that is exclusively dedicated to OSHA's lab standards.

What's in the second edition?

In this second edition, you'll find information about OSHA hot spots such as:

- Chemical spills and emergency response
- Emergency action and evacuation plan
- Workplace violence prevention
- Respiratory protection
- Recordkeeping

Compliance snapshots for each lab-related OSHA Standard

From bloodborne pathogens to fire prevention and personal protective equipment, OSHA Guidebook for Labs, Second Edition is jam-packed with compliance-focused information in plain English. There's no need to wade through every page of the OSHA standards. This handy reference eliminates any irrelevant content to focus directly on your compliance concerns. In the process, it will help you save time and avoid OSHA fines!

Regardless of whether your lab is in a hospital or outpatient surgery center, whether it's associated with a physician office or located in a research facility, the updated OSHA Guidebook for Labs will make your job easier. At less than 400 pages, this handy resource is concise and easy to use a quick-reference that gets to the heart of what you need to know.

OSHA Guidebook for Labs, Second Edition is designed to deliver the information you need in record time. It digests cumbersome regulations into clear headings and bulleted lists, and arranges them alphabetically. Best of all, it puts all the 37 lab-related standards together in one convenient place.

From A to Xylene, here is an alphabetical listing of the top OSHA lab standards covered in the OSHA Guidebook for Labs, Second Edition:

- Access to records
- Air contaminants
- Asbestos
- Bloodborne pathogens
- Compressed gases
- Confined spaces
- Construction/renovation
- Electrical safety
- Emergency plans
- Emergency response/HAZWOPER
- Employee health services
- Ergonomics
- Ethylene oxide
- Exiting
- Eye/face protection
- Eyewash/emergency shower
- Fire prevention and protection
- Formaldehyde
- General duty clause
- Glutaraldehyde
- Hazard communication standard
- Hazardous chemicals in laboratories
- Hearing/noise exposure
- Lasers
- Laundry/housekeeping
- Lead
- Lockout/tagout
- Machine guarding
- Medical first aid
- Mercury
- Personal protective equipment
- Radiation
- Recordkeeping
- Respiratory protection
- Welding
- Workplace violence prevention
- Xylene

About this edition

• Publisher: HCPro
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1578398894
• ISBN 13: 9781578398898
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 387