Politicians have noticed, resulting in a flurry of legislative and regulatory activity in various states and at the federal level. If you would like to work together, please contact us . The U.S. Department of Labor through its Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulates workplace safety. As a general rule, state regulations must be as least as stringent as the Federal OSHA standards. The dominant provisions of these regulations are the requirement that employers use engineering and work practice controls to minimize or eliminate employee exposure to exposure incidents.
Engineering controls are devices that help reduce the risk of needlestick injury.
Work practice controls reduce the risk by altering the way work is performed. The typical engineering control is a medical device. Since 1976, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has regulated the marketing of medical devices through its Food and Drug Administration. The FDA has detailed requirements that must be fulfilled prior to the first commercial sale, and has extensive authority over how the product can be sold and what claims can be made about its performance. Medical devices are grouped into 3 categories.