Fed-OSHA’s Proposed Tuberculosis Standard

SAN DIEGO - The October 17, 1997, Federal Register contains copious information about Occupational Exposure to Tuberculosis. The proposed rule for 29 CFR Part 1910 runs from page 54160 to 54308. (It is followed in the FR by a proclamation about kiwi fruit research and promotion.)The proposal begins by calling TB a potentially lethal disease. As many as 13 million adults in the U.S. may be infected; over time, over one million may develop active TB disease and transmit the infection to others. OSHA