but dental health care professionals need to be aware and
knowledgeable of the stipulations for both entities.
It has proven to be difficult for dental professionals to find the
requirements necessary because of the vast amount of material
one has to research to find the vital information that is applicable. A major challenge with OSHA is that much of the instruction pertains to other industries outside of dental. Recently,
OSHA added a page for dental professionals to access on the
www.osha.gov website. This is very helpful to see what new regulations and guidelines are specific to our industry.
One new OSHA provision is an amendment to the Hazard
Communication Standard. This new Standard is called the
Globally Harmonized system of Classification and Labeling of
Chemicals. There were two significant changes to this system
involving new labeling elements and a standardized format that
is now referenced as Safety Data Sheets (SDS), formerly
Material Safety Da ф