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Hospitals received an unwelcome New Year’s present from the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in the form of a new mandate: They must update their respiratory protection programs and conduct annual fit-testing of any employee wearing a respirator for TB or any other reason.

OSHA New Year’s edict to hospitals: Fit test employee respirators annually