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NIOSH Requests Public Comment

Jan 20, 2011

Public comments will be accepted through February 11 on a proposed list of infectious diseases that may pose life-threatening health risks to emergency response employees through bloodborne or airborne transmission
Public comments will be accepted through February 11 on a proposed list of infectious diseases that may pose life-threatening health risks to emergency response employees through bloodborne or airborne transmission. Comments will also be accepted on proposed guidelines describing the circumstances in which emergency response employees may be exposed to such diseases and proposed guidelines describing the manner in which medical facilities should determine whether emergency response employees have been exposed in the line of duty.
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-31149.htm