September 16, 2026

OSHA Submits Long-Delayed Infectious Disease Proposal For OMB Review

By Emma Gardner
November 12, 2024 at 06:00 PM
After almost a decade of delay, OSHA has sent its proposed infectious disease standard for health care facilities and other “high-risk” environments to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for interagency review, teeing up its release just ahead of the transition to President-elect Donald Trump’s second administration.

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