On June 25, 2015, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) issued a memorandum regarding inpatient health care settings. The memorandum does not create new law. Rather, it provides guidance to OSHA compliance officers on how they should investigate health care facilities. The memorandum focuses on five hazards in particular:

- Musculoskeletal injuries “relating to patient or resident handling”

- Workplace violence

- Blood-borne pathogens

- Tuberculosis

- "Slips, trips and falls,” as OSHA shortens that phrase, “STFs.”

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