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...have been when working conditions in the office became so bad that Hirtle went over the heads of human resources and shop officials and called in the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to fine Harvard and order a cleanup...
...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...
...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...