Who must have one?
Each employer with an employee who has occupational exposure must establish a written Exposure Control Plan designed to eliminate or minimize employee exposure. That duty is in 29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(i). Read the standard.
What must the plan contain?
At a minimum, the plan contains the exposure determination and the schedule and method for implementing the methods of compliance, HIV and HBV research provisions where they apply, hepatitis B vaccination and post-exposure follow-up, hazard communication, and recordkeeping.
How often is it reviewed?
Review and update the plan at least annually, and whenever necessary to reflect new or modified tasks and new or revised positions with occupational exposure. The update must reflect technology that eliminates or reduces exposure, and it must document the annual consideration of appropriate commercially available safer medical devices.
Whose input is required?
The employer must solicit input from non-managerial employees responsible for direct patient care. A front-desk file that nobody who handles sharps has seen is not the review OSHA describes.
What this page does not replace
MedSafeWaste does not write the plan, select a safer device, or decide who has occupational exposure. Use the plan when you describe training and container needs. Use the quote guide for the service request. The two documents answer different questions.
Official reference: OSHA: Bloodborne pathogens standard. Confirm requirements for your facility with your regulator and selected provider.