 OSHA requires the use of personal protective
equipment (PPE) to reduce employees' exposures to hazards
when engineering the administrative controls are not feasible
or effective in reducing these exposures to acceptable levels.
Employers are required to determine all exposures to hazards
in their workplace and determine if PPE should be used to
protect their workers.
If PPE is to be used
to reduce the exposure of employees to hazards, a PPE program
should be initialized and maintained. This program should
contain identification and evaluation of hazards in the workplace
and if sue of PPE is an appropriate control measure; if PPE
is to be used, how it is selected, maintained and its use
evaluated; training of employees using the PPE; and vigilance
of the program to determine its effectiveness in preventing
employee injury or illness.
Regulated medical waste is generally defined
as any waste that can cause an infectious disease or that reasonably
can be suspected of harboring human pathogenic organisms. It
is also known as red bag waste, infectious waste, potentially
infectious waste, biomedical waste, and biohazardous waste.
Regulated medical waste includes single-use
disposable items such as needles, syringes, gloves, and laboratory,
surgical, emergency room and other supplies which have been
in contact with blood, blood products, bodily fluids, cultures
or stocks of infectious agents.
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PO Box 209
Fallston, MD 21047-0209
(Southern office)
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437 Indian Mountain Lakes
Albrightsville, PA 18210-3027
(Northern office)
1-800-295-5460
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