| Subject: | OSHA Proposed Guidance Regarding Workplace Stockpiling of Respirators and Facemasks for Pandemic Influenza |
| Category: | Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
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| Published: | Mon, 14 Jul 2008 - 10:00 am |
| According to the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), in the event of an influenza pandemic, employers will play a key role in protecting employees' health and safety as well as in limiting the impact on the economy and society. This proposed guidance is designed to encourage employers in the private and public sectors to purchase and stockpile facemasks and respirators in advance of an influenza pandemic, because manufacturing capacity at the time of an outbreak... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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