Word: osha
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...Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) of the U.S. Department of Labor will not launch a full-scale investigation of alleged mishandling of dangerous specimens in the clinical laboratory of the University Health Services (UHS), a government official said yesterday...
...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...
...electronic mail memo dated April 1--nine days after OSHA informed UHS of the allegations--indicates that fundamental changes were recently made in the packaging of specimens. In the memo, Laboratory Manager Barbara Skane said UHS would transport specimens in clear biohazard bags and fluid-resistant containers instead of the paper bags used previously...
Rosenthal also said he did not expect OSHA to go forward with an investigation. And he said a January 1992 accreditation report by the Illinois-based Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, which The Crimson has requested unsuccessfully from UHS, called UHS safety procedures "the most exceptional they had ever seen...
...current employee also criticized UHS for failing to post the OSHA letter and notify lab workers immediately after it was received. The employee said the memo led some workers to ask questions, and the laboratory staff was informed of the OSHA allegations on April...