The Occupational Health Blog

• NMS
• Apr 26, 2022
• Tags: occupational health, covid19

These new guidelines aim to reduce the spread of COVID-19 by focusing on improved ventilation and indoor air quality.

• NMS
• Apr 01, 2022
• Tags: covid19, occupational health, employee health

While COVID-19 cases are beginning to fall in the U.S., employers are dealing with another employee health emergency – long-haul COVID-19. Cases of long-haul COVID are impacting employees’ quality of life and labor shortages and may continue to do so long after the threat of infections die down.

• NMS
• Jan 25, 2022
• Tags: covid19, occupational health, respiratory protection

Since the beginning of the pandemic, many spirometry and pulmonary function tests have been delayed or postponed. Here is the most recent guidance.

• NMS
• Jan 14, 2022
• Tags: covid19, OSHA, occupational health

Just three days after the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s emergency standard was scheduled to take effect, the Supreme Court has blocked the vaccination-or-test mandate.

• NMS
• Jan 11, 2022
• Tags: OSHA, covid19

On December 27th OSHA announced that all non-record keeping portions of the Emergency Temporary Standard were to be withdrawn. Now coalition of healthcare unions are filing a petition to protect workers.