OSHA's Bloodborne Pathogens Standard
Cry Wolf Quotes
Some of those things are well founded. Some are just crazy….[you have to] dress up like Darth Vader whenever you see a patient.
They told us in a seminar that OSHA needs money. Where do you think OSHA is going to get money? From fines.
Most importantly, these regulations will bring about changes in the dentist-patient relationship and make it more difficult to practice dentistry….Patients need a warm and trusting relationship with their dentist to help overcome their fears and make necessary dentistry possible. It will be more difficult to establish this relationship when the dentist is gowned, shielded and masked. While being suitable for controlling infection, these techniques may create a different barrier - one that will have a profound effect on the relationship between the dentist and patient.
Although I know this will result in delays in obtaining results and will inconvenience patients, I simply cannot afford the additional costs necessary to meet all the proficiency testing and supervisory fees necessitated by this 'improvement' in health care.
