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"H1N1 made it very clear OSHA did not have adequate standards for airborne transmission and contact transmission and so we began writing a standard to do that,"
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Federal records reviewed by NPR show OSHA went step-by-step through that process for six years and by early 2016 the new infectious disease rule was ready. The Obama White House formally added it to a list of regulations scheduled to be implemented in 2017.
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"Earlier this year we set a target of adding zero new regulatory costs onto the American economy," President Trump said in December 2017. "As a result, the never-ending growth of red tape in America has come to a sudden, screeching and beautiful halt."
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The hospital industry also opposes the new safety rules. Nancy Foster with the American Hospital Association said voluntary guidelines for airborne pandemics are adequate.
Voluntary guidelines should be for things like the color of the walls in an ER, or the type of font to use on medical charts. They should not be for procedures designed specifically to save the lives of patients and the staff. Capitalism does not incentivize companies to follow voluntary guidelines, it incentivizes them to follow the lowest cost option. Which is exactly why we have regulations.
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And perhaps the most important part:
Voluntary guidelines should be for things like the color of the walls in an ER, or the type of font to use on medical charts. They should not be for procedures designed specifically to save the lives of patients and the staff. Capitalism does not incentivize companies to follow voluntary guidelines, it incentivizes them to follow the lowest cost option. Which is exactly why we have regulations.