OSHA plans to propose new rules regarding recommended standards for repetitive stress injuries.Among OSHA’s plans, employers would have to correct injury-causing workplace conditions that require repetitive motion, overexertion or awkward posture.OSHA reports that 1.8 million workers have musculoskeletal injuries related to ergonomic factors and 600,000 people miss some work because of them.Injuries to muscles, nerves,
From London – British health officials have announced plans to set new hygiene standards for hospitals to combat the spread of so-called “superbugs.”According to the Department of Health, the new guidelines are aimed at fighting hospital-acquired infections such as MRSA, methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, which are resistant to some antibiotics. “Elderly people, the very young and
OSHA plans to propose new rules regarding recommended standards for repetitive stress injuries.Among OSHA’s plans, employers would have to correct injury-causing workplace conditions that require repetitive motion, overexertion or awkward posture.OSHA reports that 1.8 million workers have musculoskeletal injuries related to ergonomic factors and 600,000 people miss some work because of them.Injuries to muscles, nerves,
From London – British health officials have announced plans to set new hygiene standards for hospitals to combat the spread of so-called “superbugs.”According to the Department of Health, the new guidelines are aimed at fighting hospital-acquired infections such as MRSA, methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, which are resistant to some antibiotics. “Elderly people, the very young and