OSHA Training: Its Impact on Dentistry

This interactive online course covers the impact of OSHA standards on dental offices, including the General Duty Clause and specific Code of Federal Regulations standards, to ensure that employers create a safe and healthy work environment for all dental employees.

Course Objectives: 

• Describe employer and worker rights and responsibilities.
• Identify OSHA’s responsibilities.
• Identify recordkeeping requirements.
• Understand NIOSH’s Hierarchy of Controls.
• List the necessary components in a dental office’s safety plan.
• Explain general requirements of Personal Protective Equipment.
• Identify the elements of an effective exposure control plan.
• Recognize general requirements for labeling containers
• Identify Global Harmonized System’s Pictograms and interpret SDS
• Create a safe work environment

Original date: 7/22/24   Expiry date:  7/22/27

Speaker:  Claudia A. Turcotte, RDH, MSDH, MSOSH, FADHA, Professor Emeritus, CDA Emeritus
Ms. Turcotte has presented and published articles on dental related topics in several journals.  She has recently retired as Professor of Dental Hygiene, Tunxis Community College CT after decades of teaching dental assistant and dental hygiene students.  She is the recipient of the prestigious Mabel C. McCarthy award presented by the CT DH Association and the recipient of the ADHA national Teacher of the year award.