Comments | punkbeaver: The Inspection

punkbeaver

The Inspection

Mar 26, 2010 13:45

The inspector was training another inspector, I had to chide him not to touch my tubes bare handed (I keep them boxed in their sterile packaging and the wrapping itself is only handled with gloves). He wasn't sure if my Universal Precautions (UP)certificate was okay for Blood Borne Pathogen(BBP) training, which I argued with him a bit about, ( Read more... )

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punkbeaver March 27 2010, 00:39:41 UTC

Look at you all chill and cool! Cucumber sandwiches ain't got nuthin' on you!

oberon_the_fool March 27 2010, 03:13:56 UTC

How often do you have to go through this rigamarole? Keeping up on certs is one thing, but $500 a pop? That's a bit ripussylous. How do they expect you to make any profit?

punkbeaver March 27 2010, 18:42:23 UTC

The shop gets inspected and the $500 fee yearly. Plus $50 for any additional work stations in the shop. And I suspect Illinois will be starting to see less conventions, since the fee for a temporary license, BEFORE you pay booth fees or any other convention costs, is $200. Fortunately all the yearly BBP/UP courses are available online for $20-$50. And they're working on making inspections for each artist in the shop as well as the shop as a whole (KA-CHING!)

oberon_the_fool March 27 2010, 19:24:11 UTC

Hm. I guess yearly isn't that bad. Why is he coming back again so soon then?

punkbeaver March 27 2010, 22:42:32 UTC

Oh, there'll be a follow up visit, which is just part of it, and I pay for the license separately, once a year.

devouring_wind March 27 2010, 23:48:07 UTC

Glad to hear it went pretty good. Hopefully they accept your UP certificate. And I would probably mention the shop around the corner, given what they did to you when we were there and that guy was trying to find your shop.