Free Hepatitis Shots for Health Workers Proposed
From Reuters
NEW YORK —
Employers of the nation’s 5 million health care workers would be required to offer their workers free vaccinations against hepatitis B under a new proposal, a lawyer counseling the government said Friday.
The proposal by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration will be discussed in public hearings starting Sept. 12 in Washington and is expected to be in force by next spring, said Frank White, a lawyer and former OSHA official.
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