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Archive > January, 2012 Vol. XIII, No. 1

When OSHA Comes Calling

How would your sharps safety and hazardous waste practices fare in an unannounced audit?

Mark McGraw, Associate Editor

A random visit from an OSHA surveyor can send an already hectic day right off the rails. Just ask Vangie Dennis, RN, BSN, CNOR, CMLSO. Ms. Dennis had been administrative director at Spivey Station Surgery Center for only 6 months when OSHA showed up on a busy October 2011 morning to conduct an unannounced audit of the Jonesboro, Ga.-based facility's bloodborne pathogen and hazardous waste programs.

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