Effective for standards reporting in the Fall 2013 revision cycle are significant changes that include a new website to be the centralized entry point for participants in the process and also a single comment stage.
The ASTM F2878 standard addresses the mechanics of hypodermic needle punctures in protective clothing.
Asbestos, solar exposure, and pollution -- both indoor and outdoor -- are areas to be discussed during the March 17-18 WHO meeting in Asturias, Spain.
Low or no coffee consumption was associated with an increased risk of stroke in a study of 34,670 women (ages 49 to 83) followed for an average 10.4 years.
The Food and Drug Administration recently approved Benlysta (belimumab) to treat patients with active, autoantibody-positive lupus (systemic lupus erythematosus) who are receiving standard therapy, including corticosteroids, antimalarials, immunosuppressives, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
“We are looking for companies with established and effective ergonomic programs, who are regulated by OSHA, and who may have operations elsewhere in the world," said Walt Rostykus, vice president of Humantech.
The Food and Drug Administration has expanded the use of Allergan's LAP-BAND Adjustable Gastric Banding System, a device implanted around the upper part of the stomach to limit the amount of food that can be eaten at one time.
Research has shown that bystander CPR can double — even triple — survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
In August 2010, anhydrous ammonia leaked out of a 12-inch pipe located on the roof of a Millard Refrigerated Services facility, due to hydraulic shock within the pipe.
Bloodstream infections in patients with central lines can be deadly, killing as many as 1 in 4 patients who gets one.
The Food and Drug Administration recently took action against companies that manufacture, distribute, or market certain unapproved prescription oral cough, cold, and allergy products. The affected products cannot be legally marketed in the United States.
A new study that will look at possible health effects of the Gulf of Mexico's Deepwater Horizon oil spill on 55,000 cleanup workers and volunteers began recently in towns across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida.
The panel is writing a report after last year's shocking disclosure of a sexually transmitted disease study conducted in 1946-48. It plans to submit its report before the end of this year.
The resource combines tools, materials, and activities geared to help an organization develop and maintain a successful needs-based program.
Results of the survey will help NIOSH better understand the extent to which health care workers may be exposed to chemical agents such as antineoplastic agents, anesthetic gases, surgical smoke, high-level disinfectants, chemical sterilants, and aerosolized medications.
ISEA is developing an eye and face protection standard for biological hazards.
Groundbreaking on Dec. 6 started the new, 947,000-square-foot hospital at Fort Hood's Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center. Construction begins in earnest in April, and it will open to patients in 2015.
No one is immune, and any of us could be exposed. In a regular training setting, typically three to four employees know someone who has or has had a staph infection in the past six months.
A new position statement based on a survey of members placed bloodborne pathogens at the top of the association's agenda.
The findings suggest a possible future therapy for preventing or reducing heart muscle damage after a heart attack.