What I Didn't Learn in Dental School

Terre Harris, Owner and Founder

“I don’t know all the questions; so how can I possibly know all the answers?  In January of 1992, it was the bottom-line question posed during the monthly meeting of a south end study club.   In the conference room of a local restaurant, seven Renton dentists were trying to digest OSHA’s (and, therefore, WISHA’s) newest regulation, the Bloodborne Pathogens Standard.  Little did they know but, in one fell swoop, this regulation would change the dental industry forever and dentists across the country were asking the same questions.   

The topic of the evening was the latest in a series of club discussion under the general heading, “What I Didn’t Learn in Dental School”.  As they agreed that evening and, over the next several sessions, it was just about everything relating to the growing numbers of local, state, and federal regulations.  And, consistently, while they didn’t always understand the questions, or have the answers, they knew their charge was singular; they had to comply.  They invited HARRISBIOMEDICAL to help...

At this point there are nine basic regulations, not counting anything relating to licensure that require written policies and procedures, staff training, annual review, and documentation.