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  • Public Health Policy
  • Epidemiology

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  • US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations mandate safe workplaces but exclude infectious diseases.
  • Existing federal and state regulations have significant limitations in addressing workplace infectious disease exposures.
  • The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted critical gaps in worker protections, especially for non-healthcare employees.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the insufficiencies in current federal and state regulations regarding workplace infectious disease exposures.
  • To analyze the scope, covered diseases, worker categories, and limitations of existing occupational infectious disease standards.
  • To advocate for a comprehensive OSHA standard to improve worker protection against infectious diseases.

Main Methods:

  • Review of federal and state regulations concerning workplace infectious disease exposures.
  • Analysis of past OSHA infectious disease standard attempts and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Evaluation of regulatory gaps for non-healthcare workers and general respiratory infectious diseases.

Main Results:

  • Current regulations are insufficient, lacking coverage for workplace-acquired infectious diseases.
  • The OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) for COVID-19 provided temporary protection for healthcare workers but has expired.
  • Significant protection gaps exist for all workers against respiratory infectious diseases, particularly outside the healthcare sector.

Conclusions:

  • A comprehensive OSHA standard is urgently needed to address insufficiencies and protect all workers.
  • The standard should encompass all industries, not solely healthcare, and include infection control plans, ventilation, and medical surveillance.
  • A unified national standard is crucial for public health preparedness and workforce protection against pandemics and endemic diseases.