OSHA's Bloodborne Pathogens Standard
Cry Wolf Quotes
In 1991, dentists across America discovered that OSHA had ‘outlawed the tooth fairy.’ In a fit of regulatory zeal to combat the spread of AIDS and other communicable diseases through blood-borne pathogens, the rule-writers at OSHA had determined to make it a violation to allow any item that had been in contact with bodily fluids to leave a medical facility except in a biohazards container.
[Our products are] are safe when used as instructed….Generally, the people who are using our products . . . are really the expert in what the appropriate method is to handle these hypodermic needles and patients and that sort of thing.
[The proposed bloodborne pathogen standards are] too expensive, a waste of resources and overkill.
These changes will generate expenses that will ultimately be passed on to patients.
