OSHA's Bloodborne Pathogens Standard
Cry Wolf Quotes
Although I know this will result in delays in obtaining results and will inconvenience patients, I simply cannot afford the additional costs necessary to meet all the proficiency testing and supervisory fees necessitated by this 'improvement' in health care.
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Dr. Cheryl Winchell, a Gaithersburg physician
[Our products are] are safe when used as instructed….Generally, the people who are using our products . . . are really the expert in what the appropriate method is to handle these hypodermic needles and patients and that sort of thing.
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Ronald Jasper spokesperson for Becton Dickinson needle company.
Some of those things are well founded. Some are just crazy….[you have to] dress up like Darth Vader whenever you see a patient.
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Peter B. Sherer, a hematologist in Montgomery County.
[The proposed bloodborne pathogen standards are] too expensive, a waste of resources and overkill.
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The California Hospital Association, which represents 467 of the state's hospitals.
