Articles Tagged With: OSHA
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Overall Needlestick Rates Hold During Pandemic
Despite healthcare facilities being overwhelmed with COVID-19 in 2020, the overall rates of sharps injuries and mucocutaneous exposures to healthcare workers remained relatively stable, the International Safety Center reports. -
CMS Requires COVID-19 Vaccinations for Healthcare Workers
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ highly anticipated interim final rule requiring healthcare workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 will bring new obligations for healthcare employers, but it also might help overcome the objections of some employees.
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A History of Violence: Leaders Must Stand Up for Nurses
Two veteran occupational health nurses described their experiences with workplace violence over the years, emphasizing this chronic situation can be stopped if individual hospital leaders set a tone that enough is enough. -
OSHA Extends Comment Period, but Does Not Delay Emergency Temporary Standard
After receiving numerous comments requesting the action, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration extended the comment period for its COVID-19 healthcare emergency temporary standard to Aug. 20. -
Major Medical Groups Call for OSHA to Delay COVID-19 Regulation
Many of the nation’s leading medical groups are calling for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to delay its Emergency Temporary Standard on COVID-19 by at least six months and to extend the comment period.
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Comments to OSHA on ETS: ‘Too Much, Too Late’
Some of the comments received by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration on its Emergency Temporary Standard on COVID-19 in healthcare show frustration and disappointment.
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OSHA Emergency COVID-19 Reg May Drive More Vaccine Mandates
Federal occupational health officials are being blasted for an Emergency Temporary Standard requiring potentially labor-intensive changes to address a pandemic threat that is diminishing as vaccinations increase.
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OSHA’s COVID-19 Emergency Standard Requires Written Plan, Precautions
The new COVID-19 requirements from OSHA for healthcare employers create substantial obligations, but many hospitals already are carrying out much of what is required. The challenge may come in formalizing a written plan and ensuring it addresses all of OSHA’s expectations. -
OSHA Publishes COVID-19 ETS with Tight Window on Comments
OSHA has published its Emergency Temporary Standard to protect healthcare workers from COVID-19 as an interim final rule in the Federal Register, allowing only until July 21 to receive comments and feedback. -
OSHA’s COVID-19 Regulation: Better Late Than Never
OSHA's emergency temporary standard (ETS) to protect healthcare workers from COVID-19 is drawing mixed reviews. There certainly is a broad appreciation of OSHA’s effort to protect healthcare workers, but the benefits of the ETS are somewhat mitigated by the fact that it comes 18 months into the pandemic. Many employees are now vaccinated.