Fed-OSHA has announced that it has opened for 60 days the rulemaking record for its proposed standard to control occupational exposure to tuberculosis (TB). The move allows interested persons an opportunity to review and comment on OSHA's final risk assessment and a report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), "Tuberculosis in the Workplace."The risk assessment was conducted by Dr. Mark Nicas, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley (and an industrial hygienist) and Dr. R
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