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Businesses Concerned OSHA Lacks Risk Data To Back Infectious Disease Rule


February 5, 2015 at 05:57 PM
Industry representatives, particularly from small business, have told OSHA they believe existing data on work-related infections among health care workers (HCW) is inadequate to justify an expansive potential rule tackling infectious diseases in hospitals and other patient care facilities.

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