Essays on Safety

Enthusiastic, newly graduated registered nurse with excellent people and communication skills and dedicated work ethic. Possess demonstrated medical procedure competency. Over 9 years responsible customer service / interaction.

- 6+ years experience as a Criminal History Records Specialist for the Arizona Department of Public Safety; - Adept at prioritizing/managing deadlines. Excellent time management; minimal supervision needed; - Computer literate. Proficient with MS Windows Operating Systems; - Efficient service provider with high levels of accuracy; - Dedicated to providing excellent care and highly effective as a team worker. Thorough physical assessments; - Strong communication skills, written ...

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Firestone to Voluntary Recall 4.25 million RADIAL Tires. Firestone, Inc. announces voluntary recall of its Radial tires MTZ and MTY III tires. These were produced in their South Australian and Asian plants. The recall includes replacement of tires of that size.

The company estimates that 6.25 million tires would be replaced in this exercise. "At Bridgestone/Firestone, we take customer satisfaction very seriously,” said Maxworth, the Chief Executive Officer of the company. "This extraordinary step is a precaution against even the slightest probability of risk. We value consumer safety and our products must meet every ...

The PMI’s Project of the Year Award recognizes and honors successful projects and the teams that employed superior elements of project management. The eligible projects must have a budget of more than $100 million, be of any type and industry, from all over the world and demonstrated exemplary project management principles. The 2008 Project of the Year Award went to Hatch, an engineering consulting Company based in Ontario, Canada (Project Management Institute, 2008). The Sorel Tracy, Quebec, a Canadian metallurgy company was seeking to increase the capacity of their highly sought after commodity while it was still in operation. The ...

Introduction

Automobile technology has managed to come a long way. A few decades ago, automobile makers were boasting about airbags being the latest state-of-the-art technology in car safety. Warning systems and collision avoidance have been the latest developments for car technology. Though it is not a new technology, reverse cameras are available with the cross-traffic warning systems for preventing drivers from reversing from their parking spot into the oncoming traffic. Again, the vehicle sensor technology has been used for detection and prevention from all-too-common dangerous situations. These technologies are perfect for ensuring individuals and families are kept safe. Also, technology has helped ...

‘Health and Safety legislation imposes an unnecessary financial burden on business’

Employment sectors in the United Kingdom have been subjected to numerous rules in recent times that seek to decrease the occurrence of grievous injuries in the work environment. The implementation of proper health and safety regulations has been made mandatory in order to secure the wellbeing and safety of the workers. Sensible rules that ensure workplace safety are always welcomed by the employers. But the present safety and health legislation has begun to ...

Recent Airline Incident

Major airline incidences are overly hard to come across even though minor incidences, though also not an order of the day, happen sporadically. For instance this week on Tuesday, a Xian MA60 plane developed a mechanical problem while trying to land at China’s Zhengzhou-Xinzheng International Airport (Aviation Safety Network, 2014). No fatality was recorded to this plane that was carrying 37 passengers and seven crew members. Even though no report is out about the cause of the incident, it is reported that the undercarriage of the plane retracted leading to the nose of the plane touching the runway (Aviation Safety ...

Introduction

Advancing in the global economy implies adjusting to increased competition, which requires higher productivity. Yet, increased productivity occurs when the occupational environment offers safe and pleasant working conditions. Contrarily, working environment highly exposed to occupational risks and hazard that may cause accidents, illness and even death lose their competitiveness at the cause of absenteeism, employees’ insurance expenditures orpotential trials (Stranks, 2005).

Statistics conducted by International Labour Organization (ILO), the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations (UN) agree in their estimations that there are 279 million occupational accidents and 160 million diseases associated with the working ...

Undoubtedly, being educated is one of the important impetuses for success in life, and most importantly in building a career. Therefore, getting a university degree, leave alone a masters degree, is seen as a significant step towards realization of the dream of success. It has always been my desire to work my way through to the top level of the ladder of education. After attaining my first degree, I saw it as a stepping stone towards reaching this desire. Besides, my ultimate goal is to become one of the best scholars in my career. In my career, I have been involved in dealing with ...

Introduction

- The roles of a pilot are as interesting as they are adventurous. However, one must never forget the very basics for it informs the safety and consequential success of the flight. It is, therefore, an illuminating and engaging career worth the credit it has generally.

- While many of us would settle for other careers other than pilots, it is not far from the truth that in the next few years, we shall be booking flights to connect us ...

Summary

The engineers are the creator of the new technology. The engineers are changing the life style of humans. Engineers are always serving for the living beings in many ways. The new technologies created by the engineering have bought many changes in the world. The engineers are always looked at the need. The engineers are always looked for the people need; based on the need, they will decide to implement the new technology. If engineers predict the need of people, then they will plan for implementation. The planning is one of the most important criteria’s for technology implementation. The ...

Reflective Essay - Work experience

3.1 IntroductionDuring my undergraduate degree in BITS Pilani, Dubai, I enrolled in Practice School-2, which is a semester long subject that ensures students earn professional experience during their study as engineers. I was positioned as a trainee in electrical maintenance engineer at Robt. Stone (ME) LLC for a period of 5 months (4th July 2010 to 25th November 2010), where I was trained on various projects concerning the operations of the organization and electrical maintenance carried out in the Oil and Gas industry. After the first two months of introduction and training, I was placed in the OH&S department to learn and ...

Introduction:

The construction industry is one of the most dangerous and hazardous industries. In UK, the construction industry is progressively increasing with the continuous acceleration of the technological and industrial development. The scope of this industry composes largely of projects that include bridges, houses, roads, drainage systems, canal works, and many more. The role of the construction industry is vital because they contribute to the prosperity and competitiveness of the nation’ ...

Genetically Modified Organisms have perhaps been one of the most controversial and debatable topics lately. There has been a huge debate about the safety of their consumption and various associated implications. There are two different and opposite lobbies and while one supports Genetically modified organism, the other detracts and criticizes them. There have been many studies and researches on the safety and efficiencies of GMOs and the results have been mixed and confusing.

The article ‘Altered Food, GMOs, Genetically Modified Food’ by Jennifer Ackerman does a commendable job at explaining everything about the genetically modified organisms. The article published in ...

1 Introduction

Chapter 2 reviews the statistics from RIDDOR on injuries and fatalities due to moving vehicles on civil engineering construction sites. Government funding is discussed. Opinions of safety on construction sites related to funding. Road work safety, traditional safety methods and contemporary high technology safety technologies are reviewed.

2 Safety Record on UK Construction Sites

The UK construction sector has the highest rate of fatalities compared to the ...

Introduction

Product liability as an area of law requires suppliers, manufacturers, retailers, distributors and other individuals who avail products to the public be held responsible for any injuries that such products cause. Even with the broad connotation that the word ‘product’ carries, the concept of product liability is traditionally limited to the products that are in the form of tangible property. This paper will summarize an article on product liability and relate the contents of the article to the text used in class.

Summary of the article

“Economic Effects of Product Liability and Other Litigation Involving the Safety and Effectiveness of Pharmaceuticals” While ...

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) prepared the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSIA) in 2009. CPSC used the regulations to improve toy standards by reducing lead content and phthalates in toys. The regulations which took effect in February 2009 set the limits on the total lead content in toys to 600 parts per million (ppm). The new rules placed an interim ban on some phthalates in specific children’s toys and established a mandatory toy standard ASTM F963-07.

CPSC defines children’s toys as any products designed for children under 12 years. Since the act took effect, it is ...

In the case study examined, the patient was vomiting intermittently in postoperative care while receiving Morphine intravenously. The patient’s nurse Pamela is not responsible or trained for prescribing medication, so she decides to seek advice from a senior nurse. The senior nurse Jane orders Pamela to cease the Morphine administration and changes the protocol to 10mgs of Metoclopramide. While Pamela stops the Morphine administration, she refuses to administer Metoclopramide without a prescription. Despite the warnings against administering regulated medication, Jane proceeds to act on her decision and administers the Metoclopramide intravenously, which causes the patient to respond with an allergic ...

Process safety in offshore oil and gas industry: a review of the present and future practices

Introduction

Oil and gas industry keeps playing an increasingly significant role in the global economy. Nowadays the world consumes over 30 billion barrels of oil per year, and despite all the innovations in alternative energy, this figure doesn’t seem to decrease in the foreseeable future. Offshore drilling, or extraction of oil through the seabed, is currently no less popular than other forms of extraction. In the Gulf of Mexico alone there are over 3.5 thousand oil platforms in use, and other areas of seaborne oil extraction like the North Sea, West African coast, Brazil, Azerbaijan and Sakhalin ...

Product liability is a field in law where manufacturers are held responsible for the injuries occasioned by producers for the use of their products. Manufactures owe their consumers a duty of care hence they are under legal obligation to manufacture products that are not injurious to their consumers. A business entity can be sued for breach of warranty or negligence if harm occurs to the consumers. The tort of product liability is meant to make consumers safe. It is supposed to protect consumers from poor products made by manufacturers. Kip Viscusi explores the complexities of product liability and discusses the ...

Slide No. 1

Public safety department is the umbrella organization of the government of the United States of America. Public safety department provides technical, economic and administrative services. Public safety departments are state and local. State public safety department act within states. Every state has a public safety department. Local public safety department are acting within cities and towns. There are not many of them, because in small towns they are substituted by local police offices. However, in some states police offices are only divisions of the public safety department. Hence, we see that the interactions between law enforcement agencies and public safety ...

Laminated glass incorporates a thin fabric interlayer 58% textile wire; 42% polyester sandwiched between two layers of glass. This material uses a patented galaxy V-series to laminated process to manufacture the glass tiles. Applications are for wall cladding, wall partitions, custom millwork, wall ornaments and retail displays. The interlayer helps to keep the layers of glass bonded together even when broken; this prevents the layers of glass from breaking into small sharp pieces (Julian and Alexis ). This technic produces a ‘spider web’ like cracking pattern when it comes into contact with an impact that is not sufficient to completely penetrate the glass. ...

Fueling an aircraft is mostly taken to be a simple procedure, but there is a need to follow several critical safety precautions when fueling an aircraft. Mishaps during fueling of aircraft can occur; hence, knowing the location of safety equipment’s and safety precautions is necessary. Before fueling the aircraft, it is crucial to know how to operate the ramp. The switch is located away from the pump to avoid any mishaps. In addition, fueling an aircraft require the operator to know the fire extinguishers location. Another safety procedure is knowing the proper fuel grade and filling fuel tanks in the ...

Nursing is a profession like any other that has issues and problems that make the nursing department not to be able to give its maximum in terms of performance. The main problem that this paper is going to look at is related to staffing of the department of nursing. One of the main problems is that most of the hospitals are understaffed. This usually affects the hospitals’ as health care facilities and it also affects the patients themselves. It is important to look into this problem and also come up with solutions to it because it improves patients’ safety. We ...

Introduction

Registered nurses are nurses that have passed licensing exams and then graduated from a nursing program. Their scope of practice is judged by legislation governing nurses who are regulated by professional bodies and councils. Drew is a Registered Nurse, who works at a busy 42-bed medical unit. Drew is supposed to be trained based on hospital procedures and policies and variety of skills performed by Registered Nurses. Before Drew can perform his skills without supervision from his preceptor, he should demonstrate his competency check-offs. He has completed 75% of this check-offs before his preceptor goes for vacation. Drew is then given another ...

Introduction

Occupational hazards can affect all workers not withstanding gender, age or type of occupation. It is one of the major problems faced by workers and their employers especially those who are engaged in occupation that require the operation of machineries or exposure to hazardous environments. According to the International Labor Organization (ILO), 270 million workers every year suffer from occupational injuries while 160 million have contacted work-related diseases. It is only logical to think that work related accidents happen due to factors such as poor working conditions, insufficient training, lack of protective gears and of course, machine and human ...

‘The Debate Over Stem-Cell Face-Lift’ is an article published in New Yolk Times and is written by Sally Wadyka. The article dwells more on the new face lift technology which involves injection of fats and stem cell on the wrinkled parts of the face (Wadyka 2013). This restores the youthful facial appearance of an aged person. The controversy arises from the debate on the issue where several researchers and scientist discredit the authenticity of this technology. This technology is based on biological composition of human skin and existence of non-differentiated body cells referred to as stem cells which are ...

The deliberate hostile activity to cause physical harm or mass killing of a targeted population in places like schools, workplaces, places of worship, public gathering is a Hybrid Targeted Violence (HTV). The places of gathering where people have least option to shield themselves are the preferred locations for an HTV action. The weapons used in this kind of violence may be the conventional firearms or other explosive devices. These incidents of atrocity have multi-threat, and often go against the conventional procedural strategies of the relevant agencies of public safety to initiate a rescue or counter the violence. The initial moments are very ...

Delegation refers to the assigning of the responsibilities of a particular nurse to another nurse or supporting staff. The responsibility is usually accompanied by some authority. The person who delegates retains the final accountability for the actions of the one delegated to though (Antony & Vidal, 2010).When deciding which task to delegate, the nurse must consider the resource availability to meet the needs of the patients, expected outcome of the activity delegated, patient’s stability, and complexity of the task. Most importantly, the task should be delegated to a nurse with required training and who is ...

The literature available explaining how manufactured food is harmful to human health is enormous. Many studies have been conducted showing how people are afraid of the manufactured foods. In her article titled, “Our Unsafe Food Supply is Killing Us,” Melanie Warner applauds Congress and the president for passing and signing legislation aimed at preventing the spread of foodborne diseases and deaths. She states that over 310,000 Americans are dying annually due to food related illnesses. These damning figures reveal the immense challenge posed by manufactured foods including steroids, antibiotics, food additives, and others. From such data ...

Executive Summary

In this report, the discussion explains the controls required to prevent physical and chemical contamination of food. It compared the characteristics of food borne infections and food poisoning. It further discussed how to control food borne illnesses. It categorized the food spoilage agents and discussed methods of food preservation. It highlighted the importance of effective prevention systems in control of food contamination with two case studies. It also constructed a food hazard assessment, a food safety control system and a food safety guide.

The given is the report that was sent by the Compliance Officer of the hotel when the incident of a ...

An EHR system is an electronic health records system that stores all the medical information about a patient. The system is a digital version of keeping records that can be located at any moment. When accessed, the system will show the medical journey of a patient, from a previous diagnosis, allergies, the medication they have been given and the laboratory test results. Because of this, the system helps in promoting the management of the risks that occur with errors on medication. In addition, the systems operate on a digital network that makes it easy for any healthcare to access information about a patient at any ...

Question 1 Rewriting Memo

Employee safety is a prime concern of ChemConcepts, and the company is following guidelines and legislation for this purpose. The company needs a well-defined policy for handling of chemicals and materials as well. The purpose of this policy is to ensure the safe handling and storage of chemicals that are flammable or volatile. In the past, no clear policy has been drawn. In last meeting on November, 3rd, it was decided to draw clear procedures for the handling of materials. Now another meeting in sequence of the issue has been called on November, 28 from 1:00-5:00. In this meeting issue of ...

Agricultural Biotechnology

The field of agricultural biotechnology is mainly a collection of scientific techniques that are used to improve plants, animals and microorganisms. Agricultural biotechnology has many environmental and social impacts. Scientists constantly work on developing solutions to increase agricultural productivity based on the understanding of DNA. As expected, the issues associated with agricultural biotechnology are complex and varied. The complexities of this field arise from the creation and management of science, the intellectual property rights, public and private research interactions, safety concerns, marketing of products and the economic factors influencing industries participating in agricultural biotechnology (Carpenter J, 2001). Different countries ...

Introduction

Various Western manufactures and retailors outsource their wares to those in the third world companies. Although this is a sign of a healthy globalized economy, it has a downside too. In order to keep their overheads down, the manufactures in the third world countries, often overlook the working conditions at their facilities. At times, this has resulted in catastrophic accidents involving their workers. Once such accident in our recent memory was a fire at a garment manufacturing facility in Bangladesh; the facility supplied major Canadian retailors. Therefore, concerns are being raised about the need to have a certain minimum standards at those facilities; even if ...

The individuals in authority, for example, employers have the responsibility of ensuring the health and safety of all who are under them, hence the establishment of health and safety policies. Health and safety is a body of regulation that guides and protects the total well-being of all members of public, for example, in the workplace, at school and other public areas. In the UK, the health and safety act is found in Chapter 37 of Health and Safety Act of 1974. This article gives a number of provisions regarding health and safety, for example, it provides that the welfare of individuals ...

Nursing ethics and patient safety

Kangasniemi, M., Vaismoradi, M., Jasper, M., & Turunen, H. (2013). Ethical issues in patient safety Implications for nursing management. Nursing Ethics, 20(8), 904--916.

Patient safety is defined as the lack of protection given to a patient while in the process of receiving health care. This article discusses the importance of ‘patient safety-hood’ and to point out ethics needed in nursing management. The authors indicate that human dignity is in itself important in the nursing field and it involves giving respect as a requirement to achieving it. It is with this concept that the essence of being worthy, respected and ...

OSHA is an acronym for the occupational safety and health administration. This is an extension of the United States Department of Labor. The main aim is to ensure upholding of the rights and freedoms of employees especially in the form of provision of a safe and health workspace. Georgia is one of the states that are not exactly state planned, as far as OSHA regulations are concerned. However, the OSHA regulations are enforced in this state, but only in the private sector. The public employees are protected by the mandate of the PEHCPA (Public Employee Hazardous Chemical Protection) and Right-to-Know ...

Thoughts for Unethical Conduct in Tuskegee Study

It is the need of the mankind to try and find new ways to treat major diseases. Research and clinical trials are the only way to successfully achieve the goals of finding the proper cure for diseases. When pharmaceutical companies forget the rights of the subjects of the trial and start treating then as lab rats for their profits, such tragedies takes place in the history. These companies spend billions of dollars to research one drug, and the only thing that they care is about the profit. ‘Tuskegee Trials’ are one black mark on the history of the ...

The industrial fire at the shirtwaist factory was one of the worst events in the history of the United States of America. This was a garment factory. This fire led to the death of 146 workers. This event led to progressive changes in workers safety and health. There was a commission formed to investigate the working conditions of affecting the health of workers in different American industries. A legislative action occurred that established the workmen’s compensation. It also revised the states codes regarding the occupational safety and health of the workers.

The major regulatory agency that deals with safety and ...

Abstract

This paper surveys the different types of risks that workers and employees usually face within a given work setting. There are many hazards and dangers that employees in different types of industries encounter, particularly individuals in the manufacturing, construction and mining industries. All other known industries also have considerable risks facing their workers. This paper analyzes the case study of the Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill that occurred in 2010, as it relates to the risks that different British Petroleum (BP) workers faced during the oil spill.

Workplace Risk Analysis

Workplace Risks: The term Workplace Risk refers to the various types of hazards ...

Part 1:

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, (CDC), occupational health and safety is an important aspect of public health that needs a collective approach by all the stakeholders involved in the issue. The CDC, in its website, states the various occupational health and safety areas which need focus owing by the health and safety risks they pose to the workers. In this list, machine safety tops the list most focused on by CDC as pertinent.

Machine safety is an important aspect of workplace which generates many risks to the health and safety of the workers. This fact comes ...

Annotated Bibliography

Baek, Misook. (1999). The Internet and Pornography: In the Search for Regulatory Alternatives in a New Technological Environment. Cyberspace Law Seminar: School of Journalism and Mass Communications by Professor Nicholas Johnson. [found at] http://www.uiowa.edu/~cyberlaw/cls99/sempaper/baek416.html. Retrieved on May 18, 2014.

Misook focuses on defining one particular danger of internet usage in this write-up. It is understandable that the process by which the internet serves as a portal for connection among different individuals around the globe has already been used and abused by several individuals and groups to be able to gain benefits for themselves.

People have become specifically numb about the ...

My consulting firm will help the pipeline company comply with all regulations set up by the legislature and also advise them on how to co-work effectively with the executive and the judiciary arms of the federal government. The company will have to comply with Pipeline Regulations and Standards that fall into two basic categories; regulations on transportation charges and those that address the safety of the environment and the communities (Edwards, (2011).

The legislature affects the pipeline project through the legislations it has put in place regarding oil transportation. The specific legislation affecting the project is regard to safety ...

Question 1

In my clinical practice, I have used Point of Care (POC) systems and Electronic Medical Records (EMR). An Electronic Medical Records (EMR) is a patient’s computerized medical record which contains health-related information and enables easy access to it. The function of the EMR is to enable care providers make diagnosis and treatment in an easy and efficient manner. I was satisfied with this system because it is efficiency in that it allows the healthcare provider to quickly track patient data over time. According to Hsiao, Hing & Socey (2010), it is efficient because it enables physicians and nurses to ...

Ashford University

Introduction to Film: Focus on Society

According to Peter Lalonde, our culture and values are passed along through film. Among the movies I watched, these two movies captured my attention; “Apocalypto” directed by Mel Gibson and “Shooter” directed by Antoine Fuqua. In “Apocalypto,” communicates positive facets that provide comfort to the soul, the message on how to reject fear as a human sickness, alluding to the society where fear is utilized as a way of brainwashing.

The film reminds a total fascination in the atmosphere of the experience. Few films have the impact of leaving the viewers ...

Olsen Erik D. in his scientific research article “Protecting food safety” looks at the situation regarding a safe food supply in the United States. Statically, about 47 million Americans suffer each year from various illnesses caused by food. Of them, almost 3,000 people die. Nearly a million of the population develops long-term chronic diseases, for example, arthritis, neural, and heart and vascular problems. Such illnesses are usually caused by pathogens that are present in the process of food production, preparation, etc. Scientists have also found out that sodium and artificial fats are the major cause of the population’s ...

Today, businesses operate in the form of companies. They integrate people, structure, environment and technology. A company brings together resource to achieve desired goals. There are different aspects of these components that should be understood and controlled for effective operation of the business. The human factor is the coordinating unit to create value for owners, customers and employees. Employees determine the company performance and provide the basis for competition between the businesses. Organizational behavior, industrial, and organizational psychology are important tools used for peoples benefit.

Behavior of employees in the workplace can have a huge impact on the workers health ...

The public healthcare is an integral part of national development.in order for the country to move forward in terms of development the citizenry must be of good health. As a result the public health sector has become the center of debate in terms of patient service and patient safety while visiting these facilities.in a public health facility patient safety is very important. This is because public health facilities tend to get a lot of clientele on a daily basis. As a result accidents incidents of confusion are likely to occur. As such is the case it is very important to ensure that patient safety ...

Business Ethics

In the given scenario, Soumey incorporation is facing many ethical issues that are not in the knowledge of higher management. The workers are performing their jobs without proper safety measure. When one team raises its concern about safety measures, a new project was assigned to those employees and they lose 40 percent of their bonuses. Another ethical issue Soumey is facing is that majority of incentive based pay goes to the male employees with families. Moreover, promotion is not given to deserving employees because of professional clashes and female employees have some serious concerns about Alan, as he was too ...

One program which specifies strategies for anti-bullying in schools is Norway’s Olweus Programme which was developed by Dan Olweus. This program focuses on adult engagement with the teachers taking charge of the strategy. The program strategies are designed to be used at the school-level, classroom-level and individual level. The Olweus program puts emphasis on the adult’s role in maintaining a safe and positive environment in school, as well as at home. Unacceptable behaviors are identified. The program suggests that non-physical and non-hostile sanctions should be done when the rules are not followed.

Aside from anti-bullying, there is also a ...

Response 1

Whether it concerns parental divorce, child abuse or neglect proceedings, guardianship or termination of parental rights, child evaluations are carried out to establish the best interest of the child. Child custody evaluations are essential because through them, psychological experts are able to determine the welfare, health and safety of the child in question (American Psychologist, 1994). In any one of the aforementioned scenarios, courts oftentimes courts require that child custody evaluations are conducted before making any rulings. This is informed by the reasoning that if it can be helped, there is no need of cutting contact between the child ...

The convergence of different forms of technological inventions has transformed the world. There are various advantages attached to this apparent convergence. By evaluating the effect of technology in the society, it is clear that technology has become man’s habitat in the modern world. Most tasks including even the simplest ones are done by machines. However, the odds attached to the convergence of technology depict ethical concerns. The consequences have been overwhelming on the life of humanity. The problems have become universal. The main objective of these forms of technology relates to the improvement of human performance in the ...

- Expatriates compensation: Benefits and premiums of choice with rationale In compensating expatriates, an organization might consider several premiums and benefits. There are some factors to consider in choosing these premiums and benefits such as costs of living, access to healthcare, family care as well as foreign policies (Dowling, Festing & Engle, 2008). The benefits and premiums that I would choose include mobility premiums, hardship premiums, and healthcare and childcare benefits. These benefits and premiums are important because international expatriates travel to varied destinations thereby encountering different health and mobility risks (Martocchio, 2012). Considering that most expatriates work ...

Riverside Electric

Safety and Health Written Policy: Riverside Electric

1. Goals and Objectives 1.1 The goals of the Safety and Health Written Policy of Riverside Electric is to orient employees on the pertinent standards and procedures governing fall hazards in the work setting; 1.2 The written policy aims to provide information on crucial personnel who would be responsible for the training and for ensuring that these procedures are clearly understood, communicated, and appropriately adhered to by all employees; 1.3 The objective of the written policy is to ensure that Riverside Electric conforms with the standards proposed and recommended ...

Describe the business? What do they do?

Riverside Electric, Inc. is reportedly a full service electric contractor that allegedly provides professional lighting solutions to diverse types of business organizations . According to its official website, the list of services include: lighting management programs; on-call services; Green Technology; Photometric Study; generator sales, installation and services; and electrical services . Being a full service electrical contractor, the organization boast of offering diverse electrical services from installation, maintenance, to repair. Likewise, their pricing strategy was disclosed to be competitive and could fit the budget of those who aimed to avail any of the needed services. Specifically, the organization itemized the following service options: ...

Public Health and Health Care

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration or OSHA is a federal agency of the government that is responsible for the implementation and enforcement of safety and health regulations and under the Department of Labor. The head of the agency is the Assistant Secretary of Labor of OSHA who shall be under the supervision of the Secretary of Labor, under the U.S. Executive Department (OSHA, 2013). The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 or otherwise known as the “OSH Act” was created for the purpose of prevent work place fatality or to prevent the ...

Abstract

This paper discusses how collaboration among various players in a health care delivery process can be promoted. It initially emphasizes on the manner in which various tasks in health care delivery are interconnected. Approaches that a health care administrator can apply to foster collaboration among clinicians are discussed. Collaboration is depicted as an important way to minimize human error in order to promote patient safety while also reducing organizational risks. The paper also discusses how physician leadership can encourage initiatives to promote reduction of organizational risks and patient safety.

Delivery of health care services in the current world is shifting towards a ...

The four fundamental principles of body mechanics and ergonomics are extending the spine in both directions; engaging the lower abs for protection of the low back, using legs to lift heavy objects, and protecting all joints.

During examination, various body mechanics should be practiced to ensure the safety of the patient and that of the physician. The proper table height should be used. This allows one advantage of increasing pressure without compromising body mechanics. The clothing worn should be comfortable, look professional and allow movement freedom. During massage, one should stretch and utilize varied strokes (Beck, 2005). The digits ...

Introduction

After a drug is developed, it is widely tested in the lab for efficacy and safety before it is tested on humans. Clinical trials are conducted using human subjects in five phases before the drug is approved. A drug may be approved for use and then adverse side effects are found during post marketing study in which case it is withdrawn from the market. This paper is an evaluation of cisapride, a drug developed in the 1980s and marketed between 1993 and 1999 before it was withdrawn from the market because of adverse side effects. Post marketing data on the drug ...

With the world population expected to hit the 9 billion mark by the year 2050, food production and security have become major issues of concern in social circles, both locally and internationally. As a way of responding to the ever decreasing ratio between the population and the viable arable land, the US government has come up with various strategies aimed at improving plenty supply of food for the American citizenry. The most notable examples of such strategies are the use of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and the steady supply of fertilizers, fungicides, herbicides and insecticides. These two approaches, coupled with ...