OSHA Standards General Requirements:
- Develop exposure control plans
- Provide TB surveillance, preventive therapy, and medical evaluation where appropriate
- Implement appropriate engineering and work-practice controls, and respiratory protection.
- Provide employee training.
- Meet recordkeeping requirements.
Standard Targets 11 Industries
The standard is targeted primarily at types of employment where the risk of workers developing TB is significant. It specifically mentions 11 types of employers which include:
- Hospitals
- Prisons and Jails
- Facilities using procedures that result in aerosolization of pulmonary secretions or providing radiographic or other types of diagnosis or treatment of TB or HIV infections.
- Employers of emergency personnel
- Employers other than hospitals that have employees who routinely work in hospitals.
- Employers with workers who deliver non-emergency health care to patients in settings other than hospitals or clinics.
- Residential facilities for individuals infected with HIV.
- Long-term care facilities for the elderly.
- Homeless shelters.
- Facilities that provide drug or alcohol-abuse treatment or counseling.
- Laboratories and other clinical research, or production facilities that work with TB bacteria.
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