A CDC analysis of death certificate date from the states showed that despite the spiking heroin overdose fatality rate, twice as many people died from prescription opioid overdoses in those states during 2012.
The agency is seeking a permanent injunction, and its complaint states that FDA is aware of people who were infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa after surgical procedures at a Michigan hospital involving one of the company's products.
Compared to classroom training and seminars, e-learning has opened up a broad selection of content for training managers to offer employees.
DEA started this in September 2010. Its eighth day, April 26, 2014, resulted in 390 tons of pills being brought to more than 6,000 collection sites, meaning 4.1 million pounds of prescription medications have been collected to date. The most recent collection day took place last month.
A federal grant adds communications gear and replaces borrowed equipment.
OSHA is continuing its outreach campaign to educate employers and workers in the region.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention held a Twitter chat Oct. 2, using the hashtag #CDCchat, to answer questions about Ebola.
A report posted on the organization's website this week said NFPA's Standards Council has approved a request to establish the standard.
The call for improvement comes from the recent U.S. Ebola discovery.
OSHA has cited Jasper Contractors of Jacksonville, Fla., for six safety violations.
The rule will raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour for covered workers.
Signed Sept. 26, it will allow holders of the Government of India's Diploma in Industrial Safety Agreement to take the CSP exam without having to take the Associate Safety Professional exam.
The agency's Health Hazard Evaluation Program is seeking five facilities to participate. A team of industrial hygienists and medical officers will make site visits to assess workers' occupational exposures.
Remote circuit breaker racking mitigates arc flash hazards at Cascade Steel.
The study will be published in November in the upcoming issue of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene.