Day One

8:00 a.m.    Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m.    Conference Begins
Welcome – Introductions, Objectives & Participant Expectations

  • Introduction To Occupational Safety & Health (OSH)
  • The OSH History & Profession
  • OSH & COVID - 19
  • Hazard Overview of Health Care Industry
  • COVI – 19 Challenges for Healthcare Workers (Break-out Session)
  • OSHA’s Operating Model (Rights & Responsibilities, Inspections, Citations)
  • Key Applicable OSHA Regulations
  • Heathcare ETS  
  • Assessment
  • Covid-19 Plan
  • Covid-19 Safety Coordinators
  • Screening
  • Barriers and Aerosol Protection
  • Employee practices including time off and retaliation
  • Bloodborne Pathogens
  • Exposure Control Plan
  • Epidemiology
  • Housekeeping Procedures
  • Standard Precautions
  • Training
  • Needlestick Safety & Prevention
  • COVID – 19 Applications
  • Emergency Planning
  • Emergency Action Plan
  • Means of Egress
  • Violence in the Workplace / Terrorism

12  - 1:00 p.m.    Lunch (provided)

  • Hazard Communication
  • Written Program Requirements
  • Chemical Hygiene Plan
  • Laboratory Safety Requirements
  • Radiation Safety
  • Tuberculosis
  • Ethylene Oxide
  • Formaldehyde
  • Electrical / Lockout-Tagout
  • Wiring Design & Protection
  • Control of Hazardous Energy

4:15 p.m.    Day 1 Adjourns

Day Two

8:00 a.m.    Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m.    Conference Continues
•    Walking Working Surfaces
o    Guarding Floor & Wall Openings & Holes
o    Stairs & Railings
o    Ladders
•    Personal Protective Equipment
o    PPE Assessments
o    Eye & Face Protection
o    Hand Protection / Latex Allergies
o    Respirators
o    COVID – 19 Considerations
    Mini Respirator Program
•    Medical /First Aid Requirements
o    Infectious Disease Control
o    Sanitation
    COVID – 19 Preparedness and Mitigation
12  - 1:00 p.m.    Lunch (provided)
•    Ergonomics
o    Physical stressors
•    Recordkeeping and Reporting
o    Healthcare ETS Recordkeeping Log
o    Recording COVID – 19 Cases
o    Recording Criteria
o    Reporting Requirements
•    Hazard Recognition and Program Management
•    Q & A Roundtable
3:30     Conference Adjourns