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BioSpecialists BBP Class Huge Success

Posted on 12/15/2011 at 01:13 pm by Bio-Specialists
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We had a great turnout December 14th at the Fapco sponsored Blood Borne Pathogen training class for southern Maine funeral directors and attendants. With over 80 people in attendance, it was one of the largest classes in several years. The trainer and speaker was Richard Shepard, Vice President of Operations for Biospecialists. BioSpecialists founder Bill York was also present for the day long training event. It was great to see old friends and meet new directors and their staff of state licensed attendants.

Biospecialists provided Maine funeral home personnel with "BBP" Blood Borne Pathogen training. Annual Blood Borne Pathogen training is required for Funeral Directors and their associates. BioSpecialists also provided H2S Chemical suicide awareness for directors and staff members, risk of exposure to chemical suicide agents is just the latest threat to those in the industry. This program was a first for many and we've been asked to provide more in-depth training statewide to the funeral service providers and staff.

Starting in January of 2012, BioSpecialists will expand training operations into a new training operation, "NATIONAL BIOHAZARD TRAINING LLC". National Biohazard Training, LLC is a fully licensed training unit designed to help funeral homes to be compliant with OSHA, Federal and State regulations. Training will detail in-house funeral home mandated regulations for proper labeling, BBP,exposure control plans, MSDS, Respiratory protection, proper disinfection and house keeping controls.

BioSpecialists also provides bio-medical waste disposal and transportation, in house controls for proper waste disposal, and required waste record keeping to satisfy OSHA as well as state mandated regulations pertaining to proper disposal. We are the most cost-effective solution for your biomedical waste needs and we guarantee same day pickup.

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Police, EMS Personel, Medical Examiners, and or Funeral Directors, do not clean up any trauma, suicide or crime scene and will not handle any medical waste disposal. This burden is on you.

OSHA is very strict and responds rapidly to reported violations. OSHA has imposed fines ranging from $7,000 to $70,000 for serious and willful violations of the Bloodborne Pathogen Training Standard.

If the collected body fluids/tissues are not properly destroyed, the Sanitary Code has provisions for the imposition of fines of up to $25,000 and imprisonment for up to two years for violation of 105CMR480.000.

The costs of a lawsuit or workmen’s compensation claim for an improper cleaning are many times greater than the costs of a proper recovery.

The majority of scene recovery costs are covered under most insurance policies.

The secondary emotional trauma inflicted by cleaning a tragic crime or suicide scene will often last much longer than the initial shock of discovery.

Employing a professional bio recovery company that can handle all the medical waste disposal also avoids a significant exposure to a worker’s compensation claim and reduces the liability for a lawsuit.

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