Words have power, and a new drowning prevention effort says that doing away with misleading terminology such as "water safe" and "waterproofing" in swimming and water safety programs is needed to save ...

You might pick up a new chemical and see it doesn’t have an MSDS for it. What’s going on? There’s an international standard called the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of ...

Medication errors: Any preventable event that may cause or lead to harm to the patient as a result of inappropriate medication use. Drug repurposing: Process of identifying new uses for already ...

A hot topic today is safety culture. The concept that a population can become a homogenous group that practices and reinforces safe practices, and passes such practices down to future members of the ...

If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. Achieving high levels of safety in the many areas in ...

Just about every fire apparatus carries ladders. Certainly, ladder companies have a whole assortment of various sizes, while engines often carry just a couple. Firefighters use ladders for a number of ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Service (OSH) of the Department of Labour has produced The English-Maori Glossary of Occupational Safety and Health terms. "This glossary has been created as there ...