Bush veto delays TB fit-testing

Posted At : November 13, 2007 10:57 PM | Posted By : Scott Wallask
Related Categories: OSHA

Our colleague David LaHoda was good enough to point out on Tuesday afternoon an AHA News Now report that indicated President Bush had vetoed a fiscal year 2008 budget for labor and health and human services.

It's within this proposed budget that the OSHA annual fit-testing provision for tuberculosis exposure resides. As it stands now, the proposal would allow OSHA to enforce annual respirator fit-testing for TB, which Congress has disallowed for several years.

The veto probably just delays the inevitable when it comes to fit-testing, but for now, OSHA still can’t enforce annual fit-tests for TB respirators.

Thanks,

Scott Wallask

swallask@hcpro.com