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 ...

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 ...

It is important for everyone on the job site to understand the importance of PPE, how to check for damage and ensure proper fit. While personal protective equipment is the last line of defense against ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- As novel coronavirus testing expands and more positive cases are being identified every day, doctors, nurses and other health care workers are scrambling to find enough personal ...

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 ...

Covid-19 is not a gender- or sex-neutral killer. Men are more likely than women to need intensive care for the disease or die of it. Among health care workers, however, the tables are turned: Women ...

The cost of personal protective equipment is skyrocketing – more than 1,000% in some cases – as the coronavirus pandemic continues. The federal government’s Strategic National Stockpile has nearly ...

The foreign-made knockoffs are becoming increasingly difficult to spot and could put health care workers at grave risk for the coronavirus. A federal official says these masks are giving first ...