OSHA enforcement activity on BPS: an update.(SPECIAL FEATURE)(Occupational Safety and Health Administration)

From: Medical Laboratory Observer | Date: March 1, 2008| Author: Jagger, Janine; Perry, Jane | Copyright information

The number of federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) hospital inspections in which the Bloodborne Pathogens Standard (BPS) was cited increased from 30 in 2001 to 55 in 2005; the total number of BPS-related citations went from 77 in 2001 to 270 in 2007. During that period, total initial penalties for BPS citations increased dramatically (from $21,675 in 2001 to a high of $108,200 in 2005). A number of federal OSHA regions and state OSHA programs conducted "spec...

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