OSHA Inspection: HOPE MEDICAL GROUP FOR WOMEN

Issued

Aug 23, 1988

Abate by

Sep 12, 1988

Penalty

Initial $360

Issued

Aug 23, 1988

Abate by

Oct 12, 1988

Penalty

Initial $6,000

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The
employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were
free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death
or serious physical harm to nurses and laboratory technicians at the
clinic were exposed to the hazard of being infected by the Hepatitis B
virus through possible direct contact with blood, blood products, or
blood contaminated waste:
Health care workers at Hope Medical Clinic for women were not offered
Hepatitis B vaccinations free of charge in amounts and at times
prescribed by standard medical practices as a part of a needle-stick
management program to protect employees from the hazard of infectious
blood-borne diseases such as but not necessarily limited to HBV.
One feasible and useful abatement method, among others, is the offering
of Hepatitis B vaccinations free of charge in amounts and at the times
prescribed by standard medical practices.

Issued

Aug 23, 1988

Abate by

Aug 26, 1988

Issued

Aug 23, 1988

Abate by

Aug 29, 1988