While a Dallas hospital struggled to care for the nations first Ebola case, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration quietly issued a draft of an infectious disease standard designed to protect health care workers. The proposed rule would make infection control measures mandatory and would add new requirements for hazard identification, exposure control, and documentation.
While a Dallas hospital struggled to care for the nations first Ebola case, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration quietly issued a draft of an infectious disease standard designed to protect health care workers. The proposed rule would make infection control measures mandatory and would add new requirements for hazard identification, exposure control, and documentation.
OSHA infectious disease rule moves forward
December 1, 2014