by Jbs120908 b3 — December 15, 2008—The US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has launched two new online resources dealing with occupational safety and health issues.
- OSHA’s Hospital eTool features a new resource to help avoid occupational illness from staph infections. The new Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) module provides links to general information, offers answers to frequently asked questions, and identifies sources for a variety of workplace settings on how to prevent the spread of infection.
- Employers and employees involved in the use or manufacture of engineered nanoscale materials will benefit from OSHA’s new Safety and Health Topics Web page on Nanotechnology. This new electronic resource highlights related OSHA standards, current and potential applications of nanotechnology, potential health effects, and workplace hazard controls, as well as health and safety research priorities for nanotechnology.
