In order to determine what personal protective equipment (PPE) must be worn, OSHA requires a safety assessment be made prior to beginning work. When trying to determine what hazards are associated ...

Personal protective equipment (PPE) is used to supplement engineering controls (such as laboratory ventilation and laser interlocks) and good work practices and is an important component of laboratory ...

This policy establishes standards for lab personal protective equipment use outside the lab environment. This policy has been developed and implemented to prevent the contamination or potential spread ...

Typically provided by the employer, personal protective equipment (PPE) is equipment that should be worn by any workers who can potentially be exposed to hazardous substances and/or materials while ...

Jennifer Schneider, a faculty-researcher at Rochester Institute of Technology, recently joined two national organizations to investigate and guide improved standards for use of personal protective ...

With summer weather, please remember that shorts and open-toed shoes, such as flip flops and sandals, are not allowed in UML labs. Although closed-toed shoes and pants (or clothing covering legs down ...

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 ...

Not so, say instructors and safety professionals involved in undergraduate teaching labs. Although eye protection and closed-toe shoes seem to be required at all schools all the time, gloves and lab ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio has announced the top nine leading vendors in their recent global personal protective equipment (PPE) market report. To calculate the market size of the global PPE ...

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 ...