More than 110 million visitor sessions from the public sought potentially life-saving safety and health information from the Web site of the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in Fiscal 2008, according to an agency press release.
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Chair Judith Hackitt reminded senior managers and safety professionals to put leadership and effective process safety and performance measurement high on their agenda, according to a recent press release.
Governor Edward G. Rendell honored eight businesses with the 2008 Governor’s Award for Safety Excellence. The awards were presented during a luncheon ceremony at the Governor’s Occupational Safety and Health Conference, according to a recent press release.
According to a recent report published by Global Industry Analysts, Inc., the market for disposable medical products such as syringes, disposable needles, and related products has expanded considerably due to increasing number of outpatient procedures. Increasing awareness of diseases such as HIV/AIDS, HCV, HBV, simplex virus, malaria, syphilis, typhus, and tuberculosis, in addition to new legislation dealing with worker safety, is expected to spur the demand for safety needles. Innovations in the disposable drug injection market, including single-use needleless injectors, and pre-filled injectors are poised to take a considerable market share from syringes. Increasing use of needleless I.V. systems and safety syringes is expected to deter the demand for conventional needles and syringes.
According to a Watson Wyatt survey of 248 companies conducted in mid-October 2008, 10 percent have already eliminated or reduced training in general, and 18 percent expect to take these kinds of actions regarding all training in the next 12 months.
“Starting today, Merck & Co., Inc., will begin disclosing grants provided by its Global Human Health Division to U.S. organizations in support of independent accredited educational programs for health care professionals, the portion of dues that major U.S.-based trade associations report to the company as being used for advocacy and/or political activities in the United States, and the registration status by country for two of the company's newest vaccines and all of its HIV medicines as part of its increased commitment to transparency,” according to a Merck press statement.
Gordian Health Solutions, Inc., a leading national personal health coaching company, released the results of a study this week showing that employees in different occupational industries report varying levels of depressive symptoms. Of the 13 occupational industries the study examined, the highest percentage of employees who reported feeling depressed for two weeks or more in the past year were those in the arts-entertainment-recreation, retail trade and utilities industries, according to a press release.
Zehra Schneider Graham, CHMM, REM (Boston, Mass.) was elected by her peers as the 2009 vice president/president-elect of the Academy of Hazardous Materials Managers (ACHMM), according to a recent press release.