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ROSWELL, Ga., Aug. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly all of the safety professionals in a survey released today said that workers in their organizations had at some point failed to wear the necessary safety equipment while on the job. An exceedingly high 98 percent of respondents who attended the recent American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) show in Baltimore answered "yes" when asked if they had observed workers not wearing safety equipment when they should have been, according to the survey,...
SANTA ANA, Calif., July 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has awarded Sperian Respiratory Protection USA a contract to purchase 65,000 special configuration modified Sperian Blue1 half-mask respirators with speaking diaphragm for use in VHA hospitals nationwide. VHA is the largest integrated healthcare system in the United States with over 150 hospitals and 130,000 healthcare workers. This award is a result of Sperian's emphasis on developing respiratory...
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the American Association of Orthodontists (AAO), children are putting themselves at risk on the playing field while coaches and parents stand by on sidelines. In a recent survey, the AAO discovered that 70 percent of parents said their biggest fear is that their child will get hurt while playing organized sports, yet 67 percent admitted that their child does NOT wear a mouth guard during organized sports including football, basketball, soccer...
BOSTON, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The leading companies in the Personal Protective Equipment industry announced today the launch of the Warrior Protection & Readiness Coalition (WPRC), an industry-led effort to ensure that US fighting forces are properly equipped and funded to execute their missions. For the first time, the manufacturers of individual equipment and protective clothing are combining their efforts to advocate for the resources needed to properly equip the US warfighter....
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Safe Life Corp., an innovative antimicrobial company dedicated to developing novel technologies that prevent the spread of infection and disease, announced today that it is ramping production of its comfortable, breathable, A400 Series respirator to help healthcare providers and government agencies address the global shortage of N95 respirators during the H1N1 pandemic. The company has increased manufacturing capacity in response to a rapid rise in demand...
SPINDALE, N.C., Oct. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- First Choice Armor is pleased to announce the approval of the first female body armor that meets and exceeds the National Institute of Justice's (NIJ) Voluntary Body Armor Compliance Testing Program NIJ Standard-0101.06 (NIJ-06). First Choice Armor has always offered female engineered ballistic packages for all standards including the new and more stringent NIJ 0101.06. Female Officers do not have to settle for gender neutral or unisex designs....
Current safety equipment may not be adequate for nanoprotectionWriting in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Nanotechnology, Canadian engineers suggest that research is needed into the risks associated with the growing field of nanotechnology manufacture so that appropriate protective equipment can be developed urgently.Patricia Dolez of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, at the École de technologie supérieure, in Montréal and colleagues point out that skin...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Personal Protective Equipment Conference 2009 (PPE 2009), which will be held at the Marriott Harbor Beach Hotel in Fort Lauderdale, FL, November 17 - 19, 2009, has been created as a professional development, education and networking resource for firefighters, law enforcement officers, military personnel, special weapons and tactics operators, bomb technicians, hazardous materials technicians, veterinary specialists, rescue team members, and other first...
SPINDALE, N.C., Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- First Choice was founded with a view towards ensuring the safety and well-being of law enforcement and military personnel. All First Choice body armor has been certified by the National Institute of Justice (the research arm of the United States Department of Justice). At no time has any First Choice body armor vest failed to protect law enforcement officers, including those models that contained the component Zylon(R) (made by Toyobo) and that were...
SPINDALE, N.C., Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- First Choice was founded with a view towards ensuring the safety and well-being of law enforcement and military personnel. All First Choice body armor has been certified by the National Institute of Justice (the research arm of the United States Department of Justice). At no time has any First Choice body armor vest failed to protect law enforcement officers, including those models that contained the component Zylon(R) (made by Toyobo) and that were...
