Many large companies providing drug testing services offered suggestions for implementing it in comments responding to SAMHSA's questions about it.
The $344 million acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions and expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2011.
The app, available in English and Spanish, combines heat index data from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration with the user’s location to determine necessary protective measures.
Women who used anti-depressant medication—particularly selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors—had a 39 percent increased risk of stroke.
About 50 events reached their maximum number of competitors and have been closed. Schedules for the events will be posted Aug. 15, and the games take place Aug. 26 through Sept. 5.
As OSHA inspectors were traveling to an inspection near Auburn they passed an open excavation where workers were not being protected from cave-ins. The OSHA officials stopped and opened an inspection at the NPL Construction site, and requested that the workers be removed from the trench.
When hazardous drugs must be prepared and administered, there are workplace best practices that can minimize potentially harmful exposure. These include the use of engineering controls and personal protective equipment.
The serious violations address hazards associated with cranes, lockout/tagout of energy sources, and powered industrial trucks.
A $425,000 civil penalty is included in the settlement, which involves Perfect Pullup exercise equipment that was sold in 2008 and recalled in February 2011.
Malaria rates among members of the U.S. military who were born in western Africa were 44 times higher during 2002-2010 than rates for members who were born in the United States, authors of a paper being published in the September issue of CDC's Emerging Infectious Diseases journal report.
All inspected towing vessels would have to use a towing safety management system or be subject to an annual inspection regime. USCG asked for comments on possible hours of service and requirements for managing crew endurance.
The independent, nonfederal, volunteer body of public health and prevention experts has determined that commercial host liability, otherwise known as dram shop liability, can be an effective intervention for reducing alcohol-related harms.
Fourteen serious violations involve the company's failure to install isolation devices on the dust collector system to prevent fires and explosions, keep steel beams and floors free of coffee and tea dust accumulation, and develop and implement an emergency action plan and training in the use of fire extinguishers.
Several large gifts already have been made to assist the institute and the 65 Faces Campaign marking its 65th anniversary.
When the Smokey Bear hot air balloon comes to the Highland Village Lions Club's 24th annual festival Aug. 19-21, the Texas heat and fire prevention will be on everyone's mind.
One of two new Intel Science and Technology Centers -- the other is focused on cloud computing -- it works on systems to make driving safer and and cut homes' energy bills.
The serious violation was cited for failing to ensure that employees who worked more than eight hours during a workday were not exposed to lead at concentrations greater than the reduced permissible exposure limit.