Thanks to Peter Zavon for his kind words and I quite agree with his comment
s. It is a tenant in Medicine that the presumption is always:
;"Not documented, not done".
Alan
Alan H. Hall, M.D.
> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:53:4
4 -0500
> From: pzavon**At_Symbol_Here**ROCHESTER.RR.COM
> Subject: Re: [DCH
AS-L] Safety showers and eyewashes
> To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**LIST.UVM.EDU
&g
t;
> Alan Hall's response seems to cover this question admirably
.
>
> I would merely add that if you are not shown documen
tation on the
> inspections, you should politely tell the facilit
y manager that you cannot
> presume them to have been performed. Th
en report it as not inspected,
> perhaps with a foot note that re
cords of inspections were said to exist but
> were not made availab
le for review, despite your requests. It doesn't sound
> like you
have a friend in the facility manager, so little or nothing to
>
loose in hanging him out a bit, especially if you warn him in advance.>
> Peter Zavon, CIH
> Penfield, NY
> <
BR>> PZAVON**At_Symbol_Here**Rochester.rr.com
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>
>
>
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> > On Behalf Of Jack
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> > Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 2:15 PM
> > To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**LIST.UVM.EDU
> > Subject: [DCHAS-L]
Safety showers and eyewashes
> >
> > I am doing
some safety inspections for a start up private
> > laboratory
.
> > There is no documentation on the individual safety
> > eywash/showers indicating when they were last inspected. The
> > building facilitty manager insists he has the documantati
on
> > on his computer but has steadfastly refused to share t
his
> > information when a safety inspection is performed. Is
there
> > any documentation that requires emergency eyewash/
shower
> > stations to have tags indicating their last inspec
tion?
> > Any information would be helpful. I suspect that th
e
> > inspections occur on a random basis, if at all. Thank
s
> >
> > Jack Novodoff, PhD
> >