Recent studies have shown that keeping patients warm during and after surgery may improve outcomes. Ask if maintaining normal body temperature will be an issue during your procedure, and, if so, how you will be kept warm before, during, and after surgery.
Following an investigation of the Sept. 12, 2008, incident that killed four workers, the company has been charged with violating the OSH Act.
The Food and Drug Administration recently unveiled a new collaboration initiative with the Houston-based Alliance for NanoHealth (ANH) and its eight member institutions to help speed development of safe and effective medical products in the emerging field of nanotechnology.
The company and its owner were indicted for shipping chemicals via United Parcel Service and Federal Express on multiple occasions without declaring the chemicals as hazmat. The owner's activities were discovered when a shipment leaked onboard an aircraft causing the entire aircraft to be unloaded and cleaned.
The agency’s plan responds to the 300-acre contamination from a massive spill at a TVA facility in Kingston, Tenn., last December. About 300 units with surface impoundments are being asked to provide information.
Included in the penalty amount is one willful violation for the company's failure to appropriately test gas monitors for hydrogen sulfide and combustible gas in the HVAC systems for the control rooms.
The goal is to have every U.S. hospital test the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist at least once with one operating room team by April 1.
"We would like to ensure all construction companies--big and small--are prepared to effectively control the workplace hazards their employees may encounter," said Nick Walters, OSHA's area director in Peoria.
"With up to five percent of American workplaces experiencing a workplace violence episode annually, this alliance is both timely and beneficial to all employers," said James Borders, OSHA's area director in Jacksonville, Fla.
Injury response, injury prevention, and violence prevention are the broad topics to be addressed.
OSHA standards require an effective form of fall protection whenever employees work at heights of six feet or greater.
The United States Fire Administration (USFA) recently announced the availability of wildland fire skills Gap courses for structural firefighters.
It will be an ANSI-recognized American National Standard, the organizations announced Wednesday.
Craig Fugate, director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management since 2001, has presided over 23 Declared State Emergencies, according to DHS.
"Personnel trained to the first responder awareness level may make an effort to identify hazardous substances, but they must do so from a safe distance," wrote Richard E. Fairfax, director of OSHA's Directorate of Enforcement Programs.
EPA and its state partners will prioritize and monitor schools for more extensive air quality analysis, looking closely at schools located near large industries and in urban areas.
An explanation of the use and limitations of methods that will prevent or reduce exposure to bloodborne pathogens and OPIM, including appropriate engineering controls, work practices, and personal protective equipment, should be included in the training.
Fewer work-related eye injuries, less absenteeism, and lower health benefit costs are only a few of the benefits participating companies may get from the program, PBA says.
The number of people reporting sleep problems has increased 13 percent since 2001. In the past eight years, the number of Americans who sleep less than six hours a night jumped from 13 percent to 20 percent, and those who reported sleeping eight hours or more dropped from 38 percent to 28 percent.
The conference brings together NRC staff, plant owners, nuclear materials users and other interested stakeholders to discuss nuclear safety and security topics and current regulatory activities.