The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) has issued numerous complex and detailed rules and standards that apply to, and regulate, dental practices. Although many dental and ...

Skilled nursing facilities and hospitals that treat or handle COVID-19 patients can expect more focused inspections in the coming weeks under a new initiative launched by the Department of ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently released some important guidance of which every dental practice should be aware. In this podcast, we ask the important questions and ...

A family practice in Dayton, Ohio, has been fined $10,500 as part of a settlement with OSHA relating to violations in areas including sharps safety, infection control and employee training, according ...

When COVID-19 disrupted the dental industry in the spring, there were some who thought the shutdown would keep government regulatory agencies from keeping a close eye on the industry. Well, we've ...

Sharps are objects that can penetrate a worker’s skin, such as needles, scalpels, broken glass, capillary tubes and the exposed ends of dental wires. If blood or other potentially infectious materials ...

Last Friday, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued updated guidance for employers on best practices for avoiding workplace spread of the COVID-19 virus. It incorporates ...

Normally, a workplace death in the United States is met with a swift and thorough response. By law, employers must report a death within eight hours to the U.S. Occupational Health and Safety ...