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Join Us in Fort Lauderdale in January!
The 31st annual UNC Winter Institute is scheduled for January 31 to February 4, 2011 in Fort Lauderdale, FL. The Institute is designed for industrial hygienists, safety and environmental managers, occupational physicians and nurses and anyone else involved in EHS management. 25+ courses will cover everything from regulations to industrial hygiene to environmental health, all eligible for recertification points toward your CHMM, CIH, CSP and other professional certs.
IESO will be there instructing Fundamentals of Environmental Health and the all-new OSHA 30-Hour General Industry for Healthcare course. Many healthcare personnel have noted that the standard 30-hour OSHA course has little in common with their needs, and so this course was designed from the ground up by IESO to meet the specific needs of the healthcare industry. Our first-of-its-kind course will familiarize you with applicable OSHA standards while focusing on hazard recognition and prevention. Special emphasis is placed on those areas that are the most hazardous, using OSHA standards as a guide. It meets all OSHA requirements for time and content, and attendees who successfully pass the course will receive their 30-hour completion card.
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OSHA Looking Hard at Healthcare Worker Infectious Diseases
In the May 6, 2010 Federal Register, OSHA published a Request for Information (RFI) to collect information from the healthcare industry on “occupational exposure to infectious agents in settings where healthcare is provided.” This includes hospitals, outpatient clinics, clinics in schools and correctional facilities and “healthcare-related” settings ranging from laboratories that handle potentially infectious materials to medical examiner offices to mortuaries. OSHA is specifically interested in current infection control strategies and practices and will use the information to “determine what action, if any, the Agency may take to further limit the spread of occupationally-acquired infectious diseases in these settings.” The deadline for comments is August 4, 2010. Download our Healthcare Alert for a brief summary.
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IESO Presenting at 2010 ASSE Conference
Dr. Scott Harris, PhD, Global Risk Manager for IESO, has been accepted to present at the 2010 ASSE Professional Development Conference in Baltimore, MD. On June 14 Scott will present “Chalmette, LA: First Katrina, Then the Oil…” Our web visitors can download an exclusive copy of both Scott’s presentation slides and proceedings paper with the first-hand story right from the front line. UPDATE: Download the audio of Scott’s presentation.
So, what happened in Chalmette? Following Hurricane Katrina, over one million gallons of crude oil from the Murphy Oil USA (MOUSA) Refinery in Meraux, LA released into a populated area. Search and
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Meet Us at St. Pete Beach in February!
The 30th annual UNC Winter Institute in St. Petersburg, FL is scheduled for February 14-19, 2010. The Institute is designed for industrial hygienists, safety and environmental managers, occupational physicians and nurses and anyone else involved in EHS management. There are about 30 courses covering everything from regulations to healthcare hazmat to environmental health, all eligible for recertification points toward your CHMM, CIH, CSP or other professional certs.
IESO will be there instructing Fundamentals of Environmental Health, and co-teaching two new courses, Managing Hazmat Responses in Healthcare and Environmental Health and Safety Management Systems in Healthcare.
The TradeWinds Island Resort in St. Pete Beach is a long-time favorite of attendees. Please take a few minutes and review the agenda. We believe you’ll find something really useful there and have a great time in a great place while improving your work skills and your network.
IESO Faculty at UNC-Chapel Hill
An article on Oil Spill Chemical Countermeasures recently published by Dr. Scott Harris, the Senior Risk Manager at IESO, LLC, appears in the July-August newsletter from the North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (NC OSHERC). The NC OSHERC is one of 17 regional education centers established by NIOSH to develop and support safety and health professionals, and is part of the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.
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