Whether your healthcare facility is in Las Vegas or Bangor, Maine, extreme weather will always be on the table. For instance, winter ice, snow, and freezing temperatures put healthcare facilities and their occupants in danger. And it always puts Life Safety Code® (LSC...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is focusing on healthcare safety with some of its upcoming standards, according to OSHA officials at a safety conference in late September.
Anyone who thought that COVID19 would be appearing in the rearview mirror as we sped down the highway of life came face-to-face with a double dose of double-downing as the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Xavier Becerra, announced that the ...
Are you ready for a wave of new federal worker safety and health regulations? OSHA is moving forward with several rulemakings, three of which are healthcare-specific, that could affect many employers. If you’re in the healthcare field, you could be facing a permanent COVID-19 standard based on...
OSHA is asking for new comments on proposed revisions to a possible standard to protect healthcare workers from COVID-19 exposure after getting pushback on the original. You can also put your name in to testify at an informal hearing. The revisions potentially cover more than just the COVID-19...
If your hospital or skilled nursing facility has faced an OSHA citation or even a complaint investigation because of possible employee exposures to COVID-19, get ready: OSHA may be coming back soon.
I guess this is all part of the “return to normalcy” program upon which we are (seemingly) currently embarked, but it does appear that the regulatory “sticks” are being brought to...
