Feds Update Inspection Standards for Tuberculosis in Medical Industry

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration this week released updated guidelines for inspections of hospitals and health care settings in an effort to reduce worker exposure to tuberculosis, a disease that kills 1.5 million people per year, according to a release from the U.S. Department of Labor and Centers for Disease Control.  Both the CDC and Labor Department worked to create a prevention report that inspectors would use for sites that deal with emergency medical services, siting that nearly 9,500 cases of TB were reported in the states, with just under 400 cases infectin...