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...longtime UHS employee, speaking on conditionof anonymity, also said staff members wereconsidering calling the area office of the U.S.Department of Labor's Occupational Safety andHealth Administration. But the administration'sarea director, K. Frank Gravitt, said yesterdaythat no complaints have yet been filed with hisoffice...
...Frank Gravitt, area director for OSHA, said his office would not go forward with a probe because the UHS response to the charges had acknowledged problems in specimen handling and listed specific methods of correcting them...
...University Health Services' conclusion is they acknowledge some of those problems existed," said Gravitt. "In part, there were deficiencies in enforcing some of the policies that were in place. Their response also says they would undertake new policies...
...employees said specimens containing blood-borne pathogens--a category which includes HIV, the virus which causes AIDS--were transported in brown paper bags. Two of the employees said an unsealed plastic bag was used inside the paper bag, but said the plastic did nothing to prevent leaks. Gravitt said such packaging, which is less expensive, falls short of OSHA standards...
Interviewed again at the end of the day Friday. Morongell indicated she was not sure if the letter had to be posted and asked The Crimson for Gravitt's phone number...