In 2012, OSHA published the first major revision to the Hazard Communication Standard. What was the main purpose of the revision?
A. Require better labels on all items in a health care facility.
B. Transform the right of employees to know about workplace hazards to the "right to understand" workplace hazards.
C. Require employees to maintain a sharps injury log.
D. Require employees to double glove when handling toxic materials.
E. Transform the right of employees to understand workplace hazards to a "right to know" workplace hazards.
B. Transform the right of employees to know about workplace hazards to the "right to understand" workplace hazards.
The revision to the Hazard Communication Standard done in 2012 aligned the standard with the United Nations Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). The alignment is intended to transform the workers' right to know to the workers' right to understand workplace hazard.
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A. Employee positions B. Departmental budget C. Number of ambulance runs D. Medical history of a patient
State boards of pharmacy collect demographic data about the:
a. patient charts in conjunction with prescriptions b. staff members of each pharmacy in their jurisdiction c. management of robotic stocking systems d. preparing, packaging, and labeling medications
Giving financial incentives to a healthcare professional for referring patients or for recommending services or products is prohibited by the ____.
A. Federal Ethics in Patient Referral Act B. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act C. Federal Anti-Kickback Law D. False Claims Act E. Health Care Quality Improvement Act
When performing bookkeeping procedures, you should strive for 100% ________, because an undetected error at the first link will be carried through all the other links in the chain.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).