OSHA publishes pandemic influenza guidance for healthcare
Hospital Safety Connection, May 23, 2007
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On Monday, OSHA released a new pandemic flu document for healthcare workers.
Pandemic Influenza Guidance for Healthcare Workers and Healthcare Employers discusses infection control, respiratory protection programs, supply stockpiles, and security, among other issues, said Donald Wright, MD, director of OSHA's Office of Occupational Medicine, during a press call.
The guidance will be a good resource not only for clinicians and safety officers, but also hospital maintenance crews, laboratory technicians, dietary workers, and environmental services personnel, said U.S. Assistant Secretary of Labor Edwin Foulke Jr., who heads OSHA.
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