Skilled nursing facilities and hospitals that treat or handle COVID-19 patients will be under extra scrutiny after the Occupational Safety and Health Administration this week announced a short-term increase in “highly focused” inspections. During these inspections OSHA will verify and assess hospital and SNF employers’ compliance actions taken, including their ability to address any future […]
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Nursing home operators were not too surprised by the Supreme Court’s decision to allow the Biden administration’s Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) vaccine mandate to stand, but remain anxious about how the nationwide implementation of the rule may intensify an industry-wide staffing crisis. The high court sank a separate order involving the Occupational […]
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited three skilled nursing facilities in Ohio for violating respiratory infection standards in a way that failed to protect employees from COVID-19. The Pebble Creek Healthcare Center in Akron, along with Salem West Healthcare Center and Salem North Healthcare Center in Salem — all […]
A nursing home in Georgia operated by Winder Nursing was the recipient of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) first citation related to COVID-19. The nursing home delayed reporting the work-related hospitalization of six workers who were infected, according to a May 18 citation first covered by ABC News. The hospitalizations occurred as early […]