Position Statements

AOHP holds the exclusive mission of addressing the needs and concerns of occupational health professionals in healthcare settings, which includes the development of position statements on a variety of related issues.

May 2009

Download AOHP Comments on NIOSH Draft Personal Protective Technology (PPT) Implementation Plan

July 2007

AOHP Supported the Application of the American Academy of HIV Medicine for a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Cooperative Agreement (CDC-RFA-PS07-764)

Download HIV Grant Letter to CDC 7-27-2007

April 2007

AOHP position on House Bill number 378, Nurse and Patient Safety & Protection Act of 2007

Download Nurse and Patient Safety & Protection Act of 2007 Position Statement

September 2006

AOHP Position Statement-Patient Handling

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February 11, 2006

Association of Occupational Health Professionals in Healthcare response to JCAHO Flu Vaccine dated

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September 2005

Association of occupational health professionals in healthcare position statement on influenza vaccine

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC)

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July 2005

Support nursing education in the FY 2006 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations bill

The Honorable Arlen Specter
United States Senate
Committee on Appropriations
SH-711
Washington, DC 20510-3802

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April 2005

AOHP response 2005 OSHA bills 4-10-05

AOHP response to House re: RN staffing ratios 4-4-05 (Representative letter sent to Reps. Lois Capps (D-CA), Robert Simmons (R-CT), William Thomas (D-CA, Chairman House Ways and Means Committee), Joe Barton (R-TX, Chairman, House Energy and Commerce Committee)

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AOHP response to Senate re: RN staffing ratios 4-4-05

(Senate letter sent to Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Max Baucus (D-Montana), Chuck Grassley (Iowa, Chairman Senate Committee on Finance)

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February 2005

AOHP response to CDC - TB Standards

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October 2004

Pandemic Flu: AOHP response

CDC Vac safety comments

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AOHP comments to OSHA first receivers