While the intent was good, the Emergency Temporary Standard was obsolete before it was released. When you have emerging information on a new disease, you cannot put concrete values in a document that you do not intend to update regularly. The Emergency Temporary Standard was a failure because it was not updated with new information as the CDC released it to the general public. In many cases, the ETS conflicted with CDC guidelines and even the Virginia Department of Health's guidelines - who were following CDC guidelines. In order for a new standard to be successful, it would need to be a living document that is reviewed and updated frequently. Because Virginia is unwilling to put forth the effort to make a relevant standard, the better practice would be to require companies to follow CDC/VDH guidelines and / or create an electronic standard that has links to CDC guidelines.