Amended Bloodborne Proposal Shows Few Changes, Despite a Slew of Comments

By: Cal-OSHA Reporter

LOS ANGELES -- Despite some often emotional testimony at its Feb. 18 meeting and pleas for an even stricter standard, the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board made only minor changes to its landmark revisions of General Industry Safety Order (GISO) 5193, Bloodborne Pathogens.The board also released its responses to the oral and written comments received at the public hearing in Oakland.Most revisions to the standard are minor edits. The amended proposal does contain some substantive chan

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