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We are happy to assist our existing clients and their staff with employment services. Please send an email regarding any listed job or if you have a job opening. All inquiries must go through Physicians Compliance Connection.

Bremerton Dental Office • Receptionist

Spokane Research Company • Medical Research Tech

Seattle OB-GYN Office • Morning Shift Nurse

News from the Industry

Checking those "B shots" Compliance with hepatitis B vaccination provisions are some of the stickier issues with OSHA’s Bloodborne Pathogens standard. Read what OSHA Healthcare Advisor blogger Kathy Rooker says about staff vaccination recordkeeping in her “Notes from the field" post.

Editor's Choice: Work restrictions for employees. Creating or revising your work restriction policy? You might find the new, free download, “Suggested Work Restriction for Employees,” helpful. Look for this document, which is included in the Basic OSHA Compliance Manual Kit, on the Tools page under the infection control category.

OSHA Healthcare Advisor Poll. OSHA is currently reassessing the Blood Pathogens standard as part of the Regulatory Flexibility Act Review. Do you expect that any subsequent changes to the standard will make OSHA compliance easier or more difficult for you?

Workgroup: Mandate encryption for provider information exchanges. Encryption should be mandatory for one-on-one exchanges between providers regarding treatments, a privacy/security workgroup for the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology (HIT) recommended May 19.

Make sure your training message is understood in every corner of your organization Developed for staff across the wide range of healthcare job roles, The Corporate Compliance and HIPAA elearning libraries deliver a new online learning curriculum that is based on extensive research with healthcare staff members in the trenches and demonstrates through role-based case scenarios and interactive exercises how they should behave in situations they may encounter at any time.

Resources to Check Out

• OSHA

• OSHA Training

• American Heart Association

• Center for Disease Control

• Hawaii Dental Association

• Hawaii Occupational Safety and Health

• U.S. Health and Human Services

• Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act

• University of Washington OSHA Training Institute

• American Dental Association

• Washington State Dental Association

• American Medical Association

• Washington Department of Health

• Washington State Patrol Criminal History Records