October 4, 2002—The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the American Biological Safety Association (ABSA) have established an alliance to prevent illness and injury in the workplace from biological hazards.
OSHA and ABSA will use their collective expertise to enhance workplace health and safety and to assist employers in developing a preventive focus for biological safety issues in the workplace.
ABSA and OSHA will work together in this alliance on a number of outreach and communication goals. ABSA will share technical information and best practices regarding biological safety, and will provide OSHA with technical advice, information and recommendations on biological safety issues.
ABSA will also help OSHA to identify and develop technical links on biological safety for OSHA’s Web site.
