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Explore effective strategies for overseeing the utilization of body-worn cameras (BWCs) in compliance with HIPAA.
Learn MoreOSHA has released its adoption of a National Emphasis Program (NEP) on COVID-19 as of March 12, 2021.
The new program release is a result of President Joe Biden’s executive order on Protecting Worker Health and Safety that was signed on January 21, 2021. The executive order commits to ensuring the health and safety of essential workers as it related to protection from COVID-19. This includes healthcare workers.
The goal of the NEP is to reduce the risks of COVID-19 virus exposure to workers by focusing on current standard compliance through inspections. It is also to determine if current standard enforcement is sufficient or if new emergency COVID-19 prevention standards are needed.
OSHA has provided a list of primary inspection targets that can be found in Appendix A of the OSHA Direction issued on March 12. The list does include healthcare entities. However, the executive order requires a focus on large employers and those with whistleblower complaints.
It is important to have organizational plans in place that address the mitigation of risks to employees related to COVID-19 exposure. In the event of an inspection, you can expect:
Things you can do to be prepared to address an OSHA or any other survey/inspection include:
Have questions? Contact our OSHA-certified Senior Risk Consultants Glenn Eiserloh at glenneiserloh@lhatrustfunds.com or Steve Johnson at stevejohnson@lhatrustfunds.com.
The OSHA Direction memo can be found here.
Read the executive order here.
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