Emergency Safety Articles & Analysis

As 2024 draws to a close, it’s the perfect time to reflect on the incredible strides we’ve made this year – not only as a company but as a team committed to continuous improvement and growth. At Datum Electronics, we firmly believe that investing in our people is key to driving success, and this year’s training and development efforts have been a testament to that ...

By Datum Electronics Ltd

Smiths Detection’s people and technology help to make the world a safer place. We do not do this alone, but together with our customers and partners who depend on our specialist equipment to screen for threats that may harm people or infrastructure. Most of our customers are companies and organisations that play an essential role in their countries’ critical infrastructure and ...

By Smiths Detection Inc.

This month we’d like to bring your attention to an OSHwiki article that focuses on a special section of the workforce, that of emergency workers. These are people working in emergency response situations such as firefighters, police, paramedics, soldiers, and relief aid workers. What do their professions have in common? As the article explains, in their daily working lives they all ...

By European Agency for Safety and Health at Work

Interstate Products (IPI) has begun offering the Accu-Shield Sneeze Guard Clear Barrier Panels. This adds to a full line of top-quality Plexiglass Partitions and other isolation barriers to meet the needs of all industries to protect workers, customers and visitors and stop the spread of the Coronavirus. The Accu-Shield SG Clear Barrier Panels provide sneeze guard style protection through-out ...

By Interstate Products Inc. / Interstate Products

Cognizant of the many environmental and personnel considerations for property managers, business owners and schools to address before re-opening, Hygieneering's Pre-Occupancy Building Wellness Program incorporates a multi-disciplined approach to address these considerations. Our Program is customized per client to include on-site physical inspection, assessment and testing of HVAC systems, the ...

By Hygieneering, Inc.

The European Space Agency is throwing its full support behind an initiative spearheaded by the Portuguese National Health Institute for the development of a Health Early Warning System (HEWS). This system will enable the timely detection and tracking of emerging threats to public health and safety via satellite. Originally the brainchild of the Portuguese National Health Institute (INSA), the ...

By European Commission, Directorate General for Research & Innovation

Operating rooms at Seattle Children’s Hospital were shut down after the discovery of Aspergillus, a fungus that can cause infections. Air tests detected Aspergillus in several operating rooms and equipment storage rooms. The fungus postponed between 20 and 50 surgeries per day, and 3,000 patients were notified. The hospital is working with an outside industrial hygienist to investigate the ...

By Hygieneering, Inc.