CDC Interim Mask Guidance Update
On May 13, 2021, the CDC issued updated guidance, “Interim Public Health Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People”. With this updated guidance ”fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear a…
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OSHA Implements COVID National Emphasis Program (NEP)
Responding to President Biden’s Executive Order of January 2021, OSHA announced, effective for the next 12 months (beginning March 12, 2021), their National Emphasis Program (NEP) for COVID-19. The OSHA…
OSHA, CDC to Issue Guidance on Exposure Due to Aerosol Transmission of SARS CoV-2
In response to the delays of federal agencies in acknowledging and taking action on the science confirming the capability of the SARS-CoV-2 virus to spread through inhalation, the American Industrial…
RHP Profile on COVID-19: The Importance of Respiratory Protection for Your Workers
A local Chicago hospital finds themselves on the wrong side of OSHA, a situation that could have been avoided. As reported in the Chicago Tribune (L. Schencker, Feb. 24, 2021),…
CA, MI, OR, VA: Benchmarks for OSHA Emergency COVID-19 Standard
Less than 24 hours after inauguration, President Biden issued an executive order tasking the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to consider the necessity of an emergency COVID-19 standard; to…