Safety Articles
Drug Tracking: FDA Could Make Bar Codes Practical
The Federal Drug Administration may finalize a new law requiring drugmakers to put barcodes on medicine bound for hospitals to help improve drug tracking and diminish the presence of counterfeit drugs. This new proposed barcoding system not only improve drug safety, but also reduces the costs of drug tracking.
Energy Efficiency Maintenance in Healthcare Facilities
Energy efficiency is critical to healthcare facilities, which must operate 24 hours a day to care for patients. Energy needs then become significant portion of the operating budget. Hospitals and other health facilities can improve energy efficiency by understanding usage patterns and designing solutions that mesh with overall organizational objectives.
Facilities Maintenance Is Asset Management
Keeping machinery running up to speed pays off in increased productivity and profit. Management and maintenance professionals know that maintaining equipment prior to breakdown prevents expensive repairs at times when they may not be affordable.
The Seven Potentially Deadly Sins of Safety
Accidents may appear to be unintentional and random, but there is a considerable number of factors promote poor safety and increase the likeliness of accidents. They are the seven deadly sins of safety. They are: procrastination, complacency, ignorance, cluelessness, acquiescence, complicity and stupidity.
Why Warnings Fail
Warnings are important to preventing accidents. They reveal hidden hazards to help individualsavoid injury. Unfortunately, warnings frequently go unheeded and fail to promote proper behavior. This arcticle provides a variety of reasons why warnings may be ineffective or fail to promote safety.
Developing Effective Warnings for the Workplace
Each year, millions of people are injured in the workplace. One of the most difficult tasks facing employers is to identify the hazards associated with the products and equipment used by their employees. Such careful considerations will not only provide a safe work environment for the employee, but protect the employer as well, in that costs associated with workplace injuries
