Teaching your staff about biosafety. (compliance with new Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations on infectious wastes)(part 1)

From: Medical Laboratory Observer | Date: April 1, 1992| Author: | Copyright information

Toeing the line for the long-awaited Federal regulations on preventing the spread of bloodborne pathogens may take some fancy footwork. First of three articles.

The final rule from the Occupational Health and Safety Administration to protect health care workers and other employees from exposure to bloodborne pathogens at last appeared in the Federal Register on Dec. 6, 1991.[1] These new regulations, which took effect on March 6, 1992, outline in detail what employees must be taught about the hazards of working with potentially infectious materials and what precautions must ...

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