Reopening Your Lab: Minimize Staff Risk with COVID-Targeted Policies
Posted May 18, 2020 in Management
[May 15] As dental laboratories across the country begin to reopen, one of the biggest questions on everyone’s mind is how to keep staff safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
One key strategy is implementing administrative controls that specifically address this disease—a topic covered by Safelink’s Gary Morgan, CDT, CQA/ASQ, during his May 7 webinar, Best Safety Practices for Resuming Dental Lab Operations.
“While labs that were already complying with OSHA’s Bloodborne Pathogen Standard should be practicing Standard Precautions for the protection against infectious agents, COVID-19 creates unique risks of exposure and you must have up-to-date company policies and procedures in place that minimize employees’ risk,” says Morgan.
In addition to implementing policies that minimize contact between employees and establish methodologies for physical distancing, Morgan offered these strategies:
1. As you bring people back,...
