Security agency shifts gears on Covid plan for health workers

Security agency shifts gears on Covid plan for health workers

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has stopped setting rules aimed at slowing the spread of Covid-19 in hospitals and health clinics in order to shift the agency's focus on more infectious diseases, according to a notice released Tuesday by the Labor Department to direct.

OSHA submitted the draft final Covid-19 rule for healthcare facilities to the White House Office of Management and Budget in December 2022, where it remained until Tuesday. The agency has since developed a more comprehensive infectious disease standard for health care workers, which is currently under review.

The postponement is the result of the agency's decision to focus its efforts on publishing…

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