You should ensure that lab workers get vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect not only themselves but also co-workers, patients and others at your facility. But what if workers neglect or just plain … [Read more...]
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Model Substance Abuse and Fitness for Duty Policy
November 3, 2020
Workplace substance abuse remains a major challenge for labs. Although sound in principle, the traditional zero tolerance policy is ill-suited to the legal complexities of the modern world. This is … [Read more...]
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Model Waiver of COVID-19 Infection Liability Sign to Post at Your Lab
October 8, 2020
As long as COVID-19 remains a threat, you run the risk of being sued by patients, vendors, guests and other visitors (“visitors”) who claim they contracted the virus at your lab facility as a result … [Read more...]
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Tool: Model Visitors’ Waiver of COVID-19 Infection Liability Form
October 8, 2020
As long as COVID-19 remains a threat, you run the risk of being sued by patients, vendors, guests and other visitors (“visitors”) who claim they contracted the virus at your lab facility as a result … [Read more...]
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Telecommuter Home Office Hazard Assessment & Inspection Checklist
September 8, 2020
While not an OSHA obligation, it’s highly advisable to take measures to protect the health and safety of telecommuting lab employees who work from home. How? By having employees seeking approval to … [Read more...]
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Can Racial Discrimination Be Proven with Circumstantial Evidence Alone?
September 4, 2020
SITUATION An equipment repair technician who also happens to be the lab’s only African American employee endures racial abuse at the hands of his supervisor and co-workers. He complains to … [Read more...]
TOOL: Mandatory Mask and Face Covering Policy
August 12, 2020
More than 20 states have enacted laws requiring the use of face masks or coverings in indoor public places, which would include workplaces like medical testing labs. Here’s a Model Policy … [Read more...]
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Model COVID-19 Contact Log Sheet
July 6, 2020
Maintaining social distancing will be the price that labs and other businesses will have to pay to reopen and remain open until the COVID-19 threat goes away. But for social distancing to work, there … [Read more...]
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Model COVID-19 Exposure Control Plan
June 4, 2020
Regulators have made it clear that workplaces, including labs, must implement written plans to control COVID-19 exposure risks at the site. Here’s a Model Plan template your lab can adapt that … [Read more...]
Model COVID-19 Medical Screening Policy
April 28, 2020
Regulators have made it clear that given the unique circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, employers may implement pre-screening measures to ensure that people who have or may have the virus don’t … [Read more...]
