Hospital hit with $100K-plus Cal/OSHA violation
OSHA Healthcare Connection, April 27, 2010
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In a major application of California’s aerosol transmissible disease standard, Cal/OSHA fined Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, Oakland, $101,485 for failing to protect a worker from bacterial meningitis, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, April 21.
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