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Does a small doctor’s office have to keep track of needlesticks or other exposures?

What are the effects of exposure to low concentrations of waste anesthetic gases?

Are injuries sustained in a fight at the workplace considered work-related?

Didn’t OSHA at one time have a specific regulation for tuberculosis (TB)?

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What if a patient/resident refuses to be lifted by a mechanical lift?

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How should residents/patients be evaluated to assign an appropriate lifting device?

Can the NIOSH lifting equation be applied to patient handling?

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Is there an OSHA standard for laser/electrosurgery plume hazards?

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What is an infection-control team?

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How does OSHA enforce workplace violence?

If a healthcare worker has documentation of a prior positive TST or BAMT result and documentation of a negative CXR result following that, would they need an additional CXR?

How should healthcare workers in low-risk settings who have positive test results for M. tuberculosis infection (positive TST or blood assay for M. tuberculosis [BAMT] result) be managed?

Is the model tuberculin skin test (TST) training program used by the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) described on page 50 of the guidelines required for all settings?

An inpatient setting with over 200 beds and less than six tuberculosis patients in the preceding year would be classified as low risk, but our infection-control team prefers to continue screening nurses annually. Is that acceptable?

May I line-out or erase a tuberculosis (TB) case recorded on the Form 300 if I obtain evidence that the case was not caused by occupational exposure?