Pandemic Flu Guidance From OSHA & DHHS

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Pandemic Flu Guidance From OSHA & DHHS

 

OSHA recently posted an extensive document entitled Pandemic Influenza

Preparedness and Response Guidance for Healthcare Workers and

Healthcare Employers. It can be downloaded at:

http://www.osha.gov/Publications/OSHA_pandemic_health.pdf

 

At this time, OSHA's guidance is what it purports to be: timely

guidance which does not create any new standards, regulations, duties

or legal obligations. You can use this guidance to further develop

your clinic's emergency management and infection control plans. For

more information about the structure and contents of these management

plans, consult Quality In Complementary & Alternative Medicine

(Kailin, 2006). The text website is: http://www.qualityincam.com

 

A more encompassing set of pandemic flu related documents, maintained

by Department of Health and Human Services, is posted at:

http://www.pandemicflu.gov Use the Health Care Planning menu tab to

locate those documents most relevant for healthcare contexts.

 

Best Regards,

 

David Kailin, Ph.D., M.P.H., L.Ac.

http://www.convergentmedical.com