BALTIMORE (CNN) --Wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) when caring for patients with COVID-19 isn't enough to completely eliminate the threat from the virus for frontline workers, according to ...

A new type of headache is being reported by some health care workers. De novo PPE-associated headache is a new headache associated with wearing those tight fitting N95 face masks. During much of the ...

Environmental factors (e.g., humidity, wind, temperature, radiant heat, clothing, and workload i.e., metabolic rate) are considered when determining if a heat risk is present indoors or outdoors.

Rarely, over the years, have I addressed the topic of safety. It’s not that I am ignorant of the topic, but I have focused more on leadership, sales and quality. But in this column, I would like to ...

Many safety professionals are starting to realize that if they upgrade their programs to the new generation of products, wearer acceptance can increase dramatically. It is very encouraging to see how ...

Months into the novel coronavirus pandemic, inspectors found the staff in 12 Cincinnati-area nursing homes failed to properly use face masks and other protective equipment. The lapses occurred ...

A Camden County hospital is changing its policies after firing a nurse who wore an N95 mask that she brought from home. Dawn Kulach was a nurse at Virtua Voorhees. She says that she was sent home and ...

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