The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) recent Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan for COVID-19 (Response Plan) was issued on the same day it announced its National Emphasis Program (NEP). Healthcare employers will continue to be a target of OSHA’s inspection efforts pursuant to the NEP. The Response Plan provides directions for OSHA compliance officers

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has launched a webpage to provide employers and workers with strategies and resources for preventing workplace violence in healthcare settings.

The development of this webpage follows OSHA’s update to its Guidelines for Preventing Workplace Violence for Healthcare and Social Service Workers (see our April 2015 report).

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OSHA recently announced a new enforcement program targeting nursing home and residential care facilities.  The program, effective a week-and-a-half ago, focuses OSHA compliance officers on inspecting nursing homes and assisted living facilities.  More info. is available on Jackson Lewis’ OSHA Law Blog at the following link: http://www.oshalawblog.com/

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) recently reiterated its intention to begin aggressively inspecting nursing homes and other residential care facilities in the next few months.  Its “Nursing Home National Emphasis Program” was instituted in response to reports of increased and above-average rates of injuries and illnesses among hospital and

Washington has become the first state in the nation to require protection for healthcare workers who handle, administer and dispose of chemotherapy drugs. 

This new law addresses concerns raised both by OSHA and NIOSH, which recommend that precautions be taken when handling these drugs.   OSHA calls for development and implementation of a “Hazardous Drug Safety