Archive for June 2nd, 2019

$10.5 Million in Worker Training Grants are Available Through OSHA

$10.5 Million in Worker Training Grants are Available Through OSHA

June 2, 2019 Comments are Disabled

This post, $10.5 Million in Worker Training Grants are Available Through OSHA, first appeared on https://www.ehstoday.com. Nonprofit organizations searching for ways to help their workers identify and prevent workplace injuries now have an opportunity to apply for training grants through OSHA. The agency opened $10.5 million in available funds through Susan Harwood Training Grants for community and faith-based organizations, employer associations, labor unions, joint labor/management associations, Indian tribes, and colleges and universities. Harwood Training Grants […]

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Safety first: Protecting health care workers and patients

Safety first: Protecting health care workers and patients

June 2, 2019 Comments are Disabled

This post, Safety first: Protecting health care workers and patients, first appeared on https://www.devex.com. Needlestick injuries, or NSIs, among health care workers remain a global burden. Accurate data is difficult to ascertain as injuries often go unreported even to this date. The World Health Organization estimated that among the 35 million health care workers worldwide, about 3 million receive percutaneous exposures to bloodborne pathogens each year; 2 million of those to hepatitis B, 0.9 million to hepatitis […]

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