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Did You Know?

OSHA has resources to help protect nurses, doctors, dentists, and other workers in the healthcare industry from exposure to the coronavirus.

OSHA has resources to help protect workers in the healthcare industry from exposure to the coronavirus.



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OSHA COVID-19 Resources for the Healthcare Industry

Alerts

  • Nursing Home and Long Term Care Facility Workers (Spanish).
  • Dental Practitioners (Spanish).

Posters

  • Steps to Protect Cleaning Staff During COVID-19 (Spanish).
  • Seven Steps to Correctly Wear a Respirator at Work (Spanish).

Other Guidance

  • Respiratory Protection in Long-Term Care Facilities.
  • Understanding Compliance with OSHA’s Respiratory Protection Standard During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic.

Enforcement Memoranda

  • Temporary Enforcement Guidance - Tight-Fitting Powered Air Purifying Respirators (PAPRs) Used During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic.
  • Enforcement Guidance on Decontamination of Filtering Facepiece Respirators in Healthcare During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic.
  • Expanded Temporary Enforcement Guidance on Respiratory Protection Fit-Testing for N95 Filtering Facepieces in All Industries During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic.
  • Enforcement Guidance for Use of Respiratory Protection Equipment Certified under Standards of Other Countries During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic.
  • Enforcement Guidance for Respiratory Protection and the N95 Shortage Due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic.
  • Temporary Enforcement Guidance - Healthcare Respiratory Protection Annual Fit-Testing for N95 Filtering Facepieces During the COVID-19 Outbreak.
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