Health care safety management: a regulatory update for 1997.

Abstract

If management fulfills its responsibilities by meeting both Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Environment Protection Agency (EPA) regulations, a safe and healthful operation then depends largely upon employees who are properly informed and aware of potential hazards as well as impending regulatory actions which will impact the health care industry. This document details OSHA compliance and regulatory review as well as EPA compliance and regulatory review.