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 ...

Hearing loss continues to be prevalent in work-related environments, and yet, this loss is 100 percent preventable. One can point to the employer as having responsibility, but we cannot ignore the ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. In May, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that state public health departments, ...

It’s been a difficult balance to strike: protecting communities and healthcare workers from COVID-19 with personal protection equipment (PPE) like face masks, rubber gloves, and isolation gowns—while ...

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 ...

Electricity is an indispensable commodity in our modern society. It powers industries, businesses, and homes. With a flick of a switch, customers expect electricity to come through. To achieve this, ...

In the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recently published Guide to Infection Prevention for Outpatient Settings: Minimum Expectations for Safe Care, the CDC provides the following seven ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. As upper management patrolled the halls at one hospital in California, telling staff they could be ...

Your work at Northwestern may involve hazards that could result in injury or illness (e.g., sharp edges, falling objects, flying sparks, chemicals, and noise). Using personal protective equipment (PPE ...

In this episode of “EC&M Tech Talk,” Randy Barnett, a journeyman electrician, inspector, author, trainer, and electrical safety expert, reviews the requirements ...

How long do you hang onto your personal protective equipment (PPE)? It might be longer than you should. Let’s look at various types of PPE and some discard criteria. Protect your noggin from impact.

A farm worker at Fox Dairy in Plainview, Texas, on Nov. 7, 2023 (Rene Carranza/USDA). In May, the Centers for Disease Control recommended that state public health departments, veterinarians and ...