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The Importance of Standards

4/3/2020

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This session asks whether national enforceable occupational standards matter, and if so, why the United States has no occupational safety standards for airborne pathogens.  
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The World Health Organization has issued guidance with a list of 13 health worker rights relevant to the COVD-19 pandemics, 8 of which refer to either the right to obtain training in infection control, or the right to appropriate protective gear.  Panelists discuss why issuing a national safety standard is so important to ensuring those rights in the current situation. They also explore why employers and the Trump administration have opposed issuing an emergency standard. READ SUMMARY

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    • Core Faculty and Staff
    • Affiliated Faculty
    • International Collaborators
    • Advisory Board
    • Legacy Fund
    • In Memoriam >
      • Catarina Castruccio-Prince
      • Fitzhugh Mullan
    • Contact Us
  • Workforce Trackers
  • Research
    • Health Workforce Research Centers
    • Health Workforce Diversity Initiative
    • Moral Injury Among Nurses
    • Social Mission Metrics
    • Reproductive Health Workforce
    • Behavioral Health Workforce
    • Medicaid Primary Care Workforce
    • Medical Assistant Workforce
    • Home Care Workforce
  • Action
    • Social Mission Alliance
    • Workplace Change Collaborative
    • Health Workforce Equity Summit
    • Health Workforce Speakers
    • Where are we speaking?
  • Education
    • Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity
    • Health Leadership Impact Fellowship
    • ​Residency Fellowship in Health Policy
  • Publications
    • Reports & White Papers