Summary: Kenneth S. Weinberg will be the speaker at a webinar being organized by MentorHealth, a leading provider of online training for the healthcare industry. The topic of the webinar, which will be organized on October 18, will be “Blood Borne Pathogens”.
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Description:
This webinar is about blood borne pathogens.
Blood borne pathogens are highly infectious. Because of their nature; preventing their exposure, spills and other kinds of contact is very important for healthcare professionals. Dealing with spills, when they occur, will be discussed in detail in this webinar.
This session will take a look at the hazards of blood borne pathogens. Also discussed will be other crucial aspects of blood borne pathogens, namely, the types of blood borne pathogens that could cause infections that could be cause for concern; the differences between blood borne infections and other potentially infectious materials, methods for dealing with potential exposures or spills, and the requirements from OSHA to protect workers from exposure or to track exposures if they occur.
This webinar will cover the following:
o Infectious materials
o Other potentially infectious materials
o Prophylactic techniques that might be available
o Use of personal protective equipment
o Policies and procedures required by OSHA to protect workers
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When: October 18, 10:00 AM PDT | 01:00 PM EDT
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By whom:
Dr. Kenneth S. Weinberg, Ph.D. is an independent consultant in environmental health and safety. Dr. Weinberg has consulted for several companies in the areas of OSHA Injury and Illness reporting, as well as auditing for OSHA inspections.
He has worked as the Director of Safety at Mass. General Hospital in Boston for almost twelve years, and has written several books on the topics of health care safety, OSHA, and Indoor Air Quality. He has also written several articles for prominent national safety publications, and serves on the editorial advisory boards for safety publications.
He has also been Administrator of the Health Care Division of the American Society of Safety Engineers, and is a member of several panels that advice on safety related matters.
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For whom:
The webinar will benefit
o Safety Professionals
o Administrators
o Lab Workers
o Those who might be exposed to blood borne pathogens
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Duration: 60 minutes
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To enroll for this webinar, contact
webinars@mentorhealth.com
Ph: 800-447-9407

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About MentorHealth
MentorHealth is a comprehensive training source for healthcare professionals. Our trainings are high on value, but not on cost. MentorHealth is the right training solution for healthcare professionals. With MentorHealth, healthcare professionals can make use of the best benefits relating to their professional training.

• They can get the benefit of advice from experts in the field.
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• MentorHealth offers online interactive participation. Using this, healthcare professionals, no matter which part of the world they are based in, will have the opportunity to listen to and interact with some of the most accomplished experts in the healthcare Industry.

MentorHealth is driven by a core objective –that of being a platform for learning and discussion to address some of the important issues and challenges that the healthcare community, consisting of healthcare workers from doctors to nurses to other support staff, is up against in today‘s scenario. Various aspects of healthcare, such as Meaningful Use, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, HIPAA, HITECH Act, Stark and Anti Kickback Act, Valid Consent, Patient Safety and Process Improvement, Patient Safety and Quality Outcomes, Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Records, Nursing Informatics, Healthcare Disclosure, Electronic Transactions Standards such as 5010 and ICD-10, Electronic Health Records, Stimulus Code, Healthcare Information Exchange, Healthcare Information Technology, Medical Necessity, Personal Health Records, Clinical Decision Support, Financial Management and ROI, Electronic Prescribing, Healthcare Information Systems, Clinical Informatics, Insurance Claim Appeals, Auto ID and Bar Coding, Integration and Interoperability, Risk Management in the Retention and Destruction of Medical Records and Medical Records Law, to name just a few, are covered.

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MentorHealth is the latest addition to a growing list of specialized continuing education web portals from NetZealous LLC. With over 500 trainings conducted successfully in the last year under the brand GlobalCompliancePanel and having around 15000 satisfied customers, we at NetZealous have now ventured into providing healthcare-centric trainings. The response from our customers and the relationship we have had with our panel of experts on GlobalCompliancePanel has given us the confidence to foray into other niche areas of expertise. A comprehensive list of categories and topics is available.