Are dental healthcare personnel (DHCP) properly using personal protective equipment (PPE)? Researchers used a fluorescent marker to illustrate pathogen transmission and assessed PPE donning and ...

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is there to keep us safe in hazardous environments. This doesn’t mean that it’s only for use around chemicals—the pandemic has shown us the benefits of even simple ...

ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. -- Employees who use hand and power tools are exposed to the hazards of falling, flying, abrasive and splashing objects. They also may be subject to harmful dusts, fumes, ...

Hospitals are placing more emphasis on reducing healthcare-associated infections amid the emerging threat of antibiotic-resistant pathogens and growing financial penalties from government payers for ...

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has put the use of personal protective equipment (PPE), including face masks, under the global spotlight. However a paper published in Anaesthesia (a journal of the Association ...

The “clothes make the man” is a popular saying used by those in the corporate world, and no one knows this better than Engelbert Strauss. It’s a company that focuses on creating safety workwear that ...

Even though organizations are increasing their safety-compliance programs, preventable workplace incidents continue to occur. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 5,000 fatal ...

Article 130 of NFPA 70E provides the requirements for work involving electrical hazards. All of Art. 130 (except Sec. 130.7) addresses such things as work practices and approach boundaries. Section ...

What are the risks in reusing single-use PPE and how could this be done safely? It is an issue that engineers in the UK have been studying, as the second wave of COVID-19 infection looms, with ...

The purpose of this program is to ensure that, where applicable, the appropriate and necessary personal protective equipment (PPE) is selected and provided to employees. Western Michigan University’s ...

The class Personal Protective Equipment 111 introduces the purpose and uses of personal protective equipment (PPE). As defined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), PPE ...