Show [20] For Alabama, no regulation or statute specifically refers to vaccination against hepatitis B for hospital employees. However, note Ala. Admin. Code r. 420-5-7-.04, requiring each hospital to establish vaccination requirements for employees that are consistent with current recommendations from the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration. These requirements apply
only to those facilities covered by Alabama’s definition of a hospital, defined in Ala. Admin. Code r. 420-5-7-.04 as a health institution planned, organized, and maintained for offering to the public generally facilities and beds for use in the diagnosis and/or treatment of illness, disease, injury, deformity, abnormality or pregnancy, when the institution offers such care or service for not less than 24 consecutive hours in any week to 2 or more individuals not related by blood or marriage to
the owner and/or chief executive officer/administrator.
Disclaimer: The purpose of this database is to provide researchers, policymakers, and state and local public health practitioners with descriptive information concerning state immunization-related law. No part of this legal analysis involves providing legal advice or answering specific questions of law on behalf of any person or organization. What does the bloodborne pathogen standard require of employers?Employers must ensure that their workers receive regular training that covers all elements of the standard including, but not limited to: information on bloodborne pathogens and dis- eases, methods used to control occupational exposure, hepatitis B vaccine, and medical eval- uation and post-exposure follow-up ...
Which vaccine is important for bloodborne pathogens?Employees with occupational exposure must be offered the hepatitis B vaccine and vaccination series. Some employees may decline, and in fact OSHA estimated that only about half of employees offered the vaccine would accept it.
What does OSHA's bloodborne pathogens standard required of employees?OSHA'S bloodborne pathogens standard protects employees who work in occupations where they are at risk of exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials. OSHA's hazard com- munication standard protects employees who may be exposed to hazardous chemicals.
Who must follow the regulations in the bloodborne pathogens standard?The Bloodborne Pathogens Standard applies to employees who have occupational exposure (reasonably anticipated job-related contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials).
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