OSHA Healthcare Symposium Scheduled for August 31

Situation Report | August 30, 2021 

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is holding a virtual Healthcare Symposium on Tuesday August 31 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.  

Registration is available here.  

 Topics to be covered include:  

  • OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) – Overview & How to Comply  
  • COVID-19 Vaccination and Workplace SARS-CoV-2 Testing  
  • OSHA COVID-19 National Emphasis Program (NEP) – Enforcement 
  • COVID-19 – Guidance and Resources 
  • A Systems Approach –Safe Patient Handling & Violence Prevention
  • Health Care – Suicide Prevention 
  • AtlantiCare – Lessons Learned from COVID-19 
  • Best Practices – Infectious Disease: Will Your Program Pass the Test?  

The agenda is on the OSHA website