SAN DIEGO - Cal-OSHA's small Medical Unit is keeping busy responding to complaints about exposures to tuberculosis in the workplace. There is a Policy & Procedure (C-47, and it's on the Internet) for guidance. Because there is no worker protection standard, compliance people follow the P&P. Tam Smalstig, RN, told COR she and Joyce Simonowitz, RN, have participated in about six inspections with TB as a focus in the past six months. Without a specific standard, citations are based on relevant safety ord
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