AT CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN. GOOD MORNING, HANNAH. HANNAH: GOOD MORNING. AS OF THIS MORNING, CHILDREN’S IS ACCEPTING PERSONAL PROTECTI EQUIPMENT, OR PPE’S HERE AT THE CORPORATE CENTER IN ...

The use of PPE is often necessary to protect employees from injury or illness caused by exposure to chemicals and other workplace hazards such as: biologicals, radiation, physical, electrical, ...

Jennifer Schneider, a faculty-researcher at Rochester Institute of Technology, recently joined two national organizations to investigate and guide improved standards for use of personal protective ...

In a recent study posted to Preprints with The Lancet*, researchers explored the physical and stress-related psychological effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on healthcare ...

In response to a 2005 request from the National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory (NPPTL) of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the National Academies of ...

In a recent Safety Office article in TRACKS, we explained the role of personal protective equipment, or PPE, in the hierarchy of controls. Although PPE is the last resort in controlling a hazard, it ...

Each year, the month of June marks a time to celebrate National Safety Month, an annual observance championed by the National Safety Council to help keep workers safe and eliminate preventable ...

Personal protective equipment (PPE) is used to supplement engineering controls (such as laboratory ventilation and laser interlocks) and good work practices and is an important component of laboratory ...

As Covid-19 spread across the country, frontline health-care workers sounded the alarm that an inadequate supply of personal protective equipment, known as PPE, was putting their lives at risk. In ...

General PPE training is available in Cornerstone and is mandatory for all employees who use personal protective equipment in the performance of their job duties. This training provides essential ...