Jordan Barab, who served as OSHA deputy assistant secretary from 2009-2017, said it was “disappointing” the standard is only for healthcare workers because “voluntary guidelines are not ...

OSHA has issued a 916-page COVID-19 Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard ... 2021 Executive Order on Protecting Worker Health and Safety, ... c. Standard and Transmission-Based Precautions.

OSHA has determined that the requirements of the healthcare ETS released on June 10, 2021, remain necessary to address the grave danger of COVID-19 in healthcare.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) this week proposed removing COVID-19 recordkeeping requirements for ...

Court blocks bid to reinstate OSHA pandemic standard for health workers By Hailey Mensik • Aug. 29, 2022 purchase licensing rights Filed Under: Hospitals, Government, COVID-19 ...

The Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will hold a public hearing about its emergency temporary standard to protect healthcare workers from workplace exposure t ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will hold a public hearing on its emergency temporary standard to protect healthcare workers from COVID-19 exposure at work before it makes the ...

The workplace safety agency announced last week that it was partially withdrawing its emergency temporary standard for health care workers because it legally can only be in place for six months.

The American Hospital Association is calling on the Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration not to finalize its emergency temporary COVID-19 standard for healthcare workers.

Labor unions hoping for permanent workplace safety standards to protect healthcare staff from COVID-19 infections in the workplace were dealt a blow Friday when an appeals court denied an ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) on June 10, 2021. The ETS directs covered health care employers to devise a plan that ...

Essential Precautions for Health Care, ... OSHA's 1910.134 standard specifies respiratory protection ... This article originally appeared in the May 2016 issue of Occupational Health & Safety.