HealthLeaders Media January 20, 2022
OSHA withdrew a majority of provisions in its Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard in December 2021.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– When OSHA adopts a temporary standard, they’re given six months under the OSH Act to create a permanent standard.
– While OSHA withdrew the majority of provisions from the Healthcare ETS in December, the agency stated that it will be “vigorously” enforcing the general duty clause to protect healthcare employees.
OSHA’s withdrawal of non-recordkeeping portions in its Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard (Healthcare ETS) on December 21, 2021, which protected healthcare workers from COVID-19 in healthcare settings, is causing employee safety and worker morale concerns, says Liz Borkowski, senior research scientist at George Washington University’s Department of Health Policy and Management.
Borkowski explains...
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