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A nurse at a mid-sized clinic in Ohio gets a needlestick injury. The supervisor files the OSHA 300 Log, which requires documenting the incident. But
The Exam Room Where Two Federal Agencies Collided A medical assistant in a Texas urgent care clinic stuck herself with a contaminated needle in 2023.
A Needle Stick That Cost More Than Blood A medical assistant in a Florida urgent care clinic got stuck by a contaminated needle in 2023.
Two Regulators, One Waiting Room, Zero Patience for Excuses Last year, a three-physician family practice in Georgia got hit from both sides in the same
The Inspection That Exposed Two Problems at Once A clinic in the Midwest got an OSHA inspection after a needlestick injury went unreported. The compliance
A dental hygienist gets a needlestick injury. The office manager logs the incident in the OSHA Sharps Injury Log. Then she emails the details — including
Sexual harassment of healthcare workers is disturbingly common. Here's what your employer owes you — and why formal training is the absolute minimum.
The Doctor's Office That Got Hit From Both Sides A medical practice in the Southeast thought they had compliance covered. OSHA posters on
A Single Needlestick Changed Everything for This Clinic A medical assistant at a small urgent care clinic in Ohio stuck herself with a contaminated needle
A home health agency in Texas got hit with two separate federal investigations in the same quarter — one from OSHA for failing to maintain a
When a dental practice in the Southeast received citations from both OSHA and OCR within the same quarter, the owner told me something I hear
In 2023, OSHA cited a Florida dental practice for over $78,000 in penalties — not for a data breach, but for failing to maintain an
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