Hospital costs related to fit testing
(Number of hospitals subject to the OSHA standard: 5,749)
Total compliance cost for all provisions of the proposed standard: $61,819,637
Cost of total respiratory protection program: $45,771,276
Cost of respirators: $32,225,228
Cost of respirator program: $1,670,677
Cost of fit-testing: $8,905,821
Cost of program evaluation: $2,969,549
Source: Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Occupational exposure to tuberculosis; proposed rule. 62 Fed Reg 54,159-54,307 (Oct. 17, 1997).
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