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The employer is to solicit input from NON-Managerial employees responsible for direct patient care in the identification, selection and evaluation of Safer Medical Devices.
The following pages contain sample forms that may be used in evaluating safer engineering controls. These forms are only applicable to certain groups of devices. Safer engineering controls are not limited to the devices contained in the following pages. None of these forms are specifically required by the bloodborne pathogens standard, but they may be useful as guidance documents.
You may find a form useful for your application at the following link:Enforcement Procedures for the Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens
Sample Forms:
NIOSH
- • Questionnaire for Evaluating Sharps Disposal Container Performance
- • ECRI's Needlestick-Prevention Device Evaluation Form
- • NPD Cost Calculation Worksheet
- • Safety Feature Evaluation Forms
- • Safety Syringes
- • I.V. Access Devices
- • Sharps Disposal Containers
- • I.V. Connectors
- • Vacuum Tube Blood Collection Systems
- • E. R. Sharps Disposal Containers
- • Safety Dental Syringes
For more information regaurding Bloodborne Pathogens go to OSHA's website: http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/bloodbornepathogens/index.html