Some health care professionals are raising concerns that OSHA's upcoming infectious diseases rule might conflict with detailed guidelines already issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in turn presenting compliance and legal issues for those who must comply with myriad requirements. They view CDC as experts in the field and argue that OSHA should defer to that agency's guidance instead of issuing its own rule. Union officials have a different view, arguing that CDC is not taking a stringent enough approach on the issue. Unions say that CDC's newly proposed guidance on
