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Communicating safety through signs
The standard ISO 7010 ensures that only graphical symbols with the highest comprehension credentials are used to communicate safety messages, writes Jim Creak of the Health and Safety Sign Association
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| CONFERENCES & EVENTS |
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A perfect mix in East Anglia
East Anglia is the perfect mix of soft and gentle countryside, ancient cities and charming towns. We take a look at what the area offers the event organiser
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| CATERING |
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Change for the better
Changing the recipes of much-loved British brands to be lower in fat, sugars or salt is a complex task, says the Food and Drink Federation
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| AMBULANCE SERVICES |
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Reforming emergency care
With a new government in place, coupled with the need to make savings, now is the time to put forward radical suggestions for reforming emergency care, finds Jo Webber, the Ambulance Service Network
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| INFECTION CONTROL |
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How clean are your hands?
JP Nolan, infection control adviser and acting head of cleanyourhands, National Patient Safety Agency, gives an update on the national hand hygiene campaign of England and Wales
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| PATIENT SAFETY |
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Safety in surgical procedures
The Association for Perioperative Practice reports on the introduction and benefits of the Safer Surgery Checklist and the Patient Safety First campaign.
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| HEALTH AND SAFETY |
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Working overtime
Healthcare workers often work long hours, but round-the-clock healthcare shouldn’t have to be delivered by exhausted staff. Darren McDonald, IOSH Healthcare group, looks at how to ensure healthcare professionals don’t overdo it.
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| OBESITY MANAGEMENT |
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Weighing up the options
If we are to avoid the huge cost burden obesity places on the NHS, medical prevention and management must be adopted as central strategies. Written by Neville Rigby and David Haslam, National Obesity Forum
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