Tag: personal protective equipment
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The Safety Theme for July is Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
The purpose of PPE is to protect yourself from potential exposures as well as protect others by keeping what you work with inside the lab. PPE is one aspect of risk minimization, and it serves as your last line of defense against direct exposures to hazardous materials and environments (e.g., hot or cold surfaces, contaminated…
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Environmental Health and Safety Office – Bench to Bedside Collaboration in the Wake of SARS-CoV-2
The recent Coronavirus outbreak has resulted in an international response to control the spread of this virus and to better understand the epidemiology of this disease. This virus was recently named SARS-CoV-2 and the disease is called COVID-19. The Environmental Health and Safety Office (EHSO) is collaborating with University and Healthcare partners to provide support…