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The company Hänchen offers practical support in implementing safety regulations for machine and plant manufacturers, research institutions, and testing facilities. They provide both hardware and software solutions for machine safety and can implement standardized as well as customized safety solutions for hydraulic and electrical machines. Hänchen's task is to ensure safe working in various areas, such as in the testing field, during end-of-line functional testing of construction machinery, and in the textile industry. [Extracted from the article]

A comprehensive understanding of infection prevention and control is essential for nurses when seeking to protect themselves, patients, colleagues and the general public from the transmission of infection. Personal protective equipment (PPE) -- such as gloves, aprons and/or gowns, and eye protection -- is an important aspect of infection prevention and control for all healthcare staff, including nurses. Its use requires effective assessment, an understanding of the suitability of various types of PPE in various clinical scenarios, and appropriate application. Understanding the role of PPE will enable nurses to use it appropriately and reduce unnecessary cost, while ensuring that the nurse-patient relationship remains central to care. This article defines PPE and its components, outlines when it should be used and details its optimal application. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nurses have a duty of care to patients. But there may be circumstances where you will able to justify refusing to treat a patient. What are the grounds you would need in such cases, and what might the implications be? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Eight out of ten nurses have gone an entire shift without a single drink of water, with more than half saying it happens at least once a week, an exclusive survey for Nursing Standard has revealed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents information on the importance of machine safety, highlighting productivity catalysts and machine operations, and scrap reduction. Topics include the contractors for the electromechanical safety devices, the requirement of drive-based safety, and risk assessment of machines for determination of hazards.

The article offers information on nine tips to improve industrial safety and productivity, compiled by industrial automation company Rockwell Automation. Topics include the review of security risks in relation to safety risks, early performance of risk assessments in the design process, and the benefits of the Internet of Things (IoT) in detecting failures.

Patients exhibiting challenging behaviour, which includes any non-verbal, verbal or physical behaviour, is a significant issue in healthcare settings. Preventing such behaviour and the harm it can cause is important for healthcare organisations and individuals, and involves following a public health model comprised of three tiers: primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. Primary prevention aims to reduce the risk of challenging behaviour occurring in the first instance; secondary prevention involves reducing the risk associated with imminent challenging behaviour and its potential escalation; and tertiary prevention focuses on minimising the physical and emotional harm caused by challenging behaviours, during and after an event. De-escalation should be the first-line response to challenging behaviour, and healthcare staff should use a range of techniques - maintaining safety, self-regulation, effective communication, and assessment and actions - to reduce the incidence of challenging behaviour. In some situations, physical interventions may be required to protect the safety of the individual, healthcare staff and other individuals involved, and healthcare staff should be aware of local policies and procedures for this. Following a serious incident, where there was potential or actual harm to patients and healthcare staff, healthcare organisations should use post-incident reviews to learn from the situation, while healthcare staff should be offered the opportunity for debriefing. Positive responses to challenging behaviour at an organisational and individual level can lead to improved work environments for healthcare staff and optimal patient care and outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports that the UK Health and Safety Executive has developed ALARP model to establish and justify risk acceptability limits. It notes that the ALARP acronym has replaced the SFAIR acronym in the British legislation. It adds that the ALARP zoning approach has been extended to the environmental impact risk.

The author discusses how risk assessment can be conducted to ensure that safeguards and mentions information from the hazard identification and risk assessment (HIRA) used to inform the final design of the plant. Topics include bow-tie methodology used by oil company Shell, use of bow-tie diagrams was for occupational safety risk management, how bow-tie diagram is about communication and use of bow-tie diagram for incident investigations.

The article presents tips for a successful hazard and operability analysis (HAZOP) study. The tips include documents for a new or existing facility must be available long before a HAZOP study, realization of adequate time by management and personnel with suitable backgrounds that are skilled and knowledgeable in the design, operation, commissioning, safety, shutdown and maintenance of the plant should be part of the HAZOP study team.

The article analyzes the extent of workplace violence in the National Health Service (NHS) in England. Topics mentioned include the nature of assaults against nurses and other NHS staff including punching and attacking with weapons, the psychological effects on the victims, the recommendations for employers on how to prevent violent incidents in their workplace including risk reduction in mental health units, and the cost of an assault compensation claim.

Manual handling injuries can occur almost anywhere in a healthcare environment, and most staff perform a variety of moving and handling tasks every day. Heavy lifting, awkward posture, and previous or existing injury can increase the risk of musculoskeletal disorders. A healthcare professional's involvement in moving and handling is more widespread than it might appear, and their actions and understanding of techniques, legislation and guidelines have a direct effect on patient care. Every situation that involves the handling, or partial handling, of a person presents varying levels of risk to the patient and the carer. Maintaining a good level of patient mobility and independence is an essential part of care delivery and can reduce the risk of long-term physical and psychological effects. Delivery of care should focus on the individual's capacity, not their incapacity, to ensure that they are treated with dignity and respect. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers the author's insights regarding the Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA), a method used for simplified risk assessment which is part of the life cycle of the safety instrumented systems. Topics discussed include the several aspects of the flow of the LOPA study which include identification of scenarios for the potential severity, the initiation of the events which are needed to be considered, and the consideration of enabling events and conditional modifiers.

The article discusses the findings of a survey conducted by the staff of "Nursing Standard" about the dangers facing nurses and other healthcare personnel working alone in England. Topics mentioned include the number of cases of assaults of nursing staff from 2015-2017, the trusts that reported cases of assaults including Devon Partnership NHS Trust and Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, and the ways to ensure lone workers' safety including personal safety training.

The article gives an overview of the rail legislation changes in Great Britain following investments into rail infrastructure. It outlines the risk acceptance principles of the Common Safety Method for Risk Evaluation and Assessment (CSM REA) for the construction rail industry. These include the structural and functional subsystems that must be defined during changes to railway subsystems, operation and organization, and the steps for hazard identification and assurance evidence documentation.

The article offers information on the safety instructions to prevent recurring accidents caused by overfilling vessels. Safety expert Trevor Kletz states several reasons on the occurrence of repeated accidents which includes inaccurate measurements of level, overloaded supervisors, and design changes. He also mentions steps to avoid accident recurrence including accident description and emphasis, reviewing accident recommendations, and stressing the importance of risk assessment.

The article discusses proper design of a plant to improve risk reduction. It mentions the implementation of process safety vision in the context of design supported by strategy which aims on safety objectives of the plant's operating phase. It states that process hazard analysis (PHA) is used to identify safety risks and provides assessment and preventive steps in reducing them. It concludes that proper design helps minimize latent failures and improves engineered safety barriers.

The article discusses several factors to consider when managing unexpected events that may lead to industrial accidents and injuries. It explores the differents types of risks needed to address including behaviour risks that call for a holistic approach to achieve behaviour change, and culture and decision risks that lie in the management system and organizational culture. It also emphasizes the importance of operating dexterity and risk sensitivity in ensuring sustainable operation.

The article focuses on the issue of process safety in industrial operations in energy industries. The potential for a process safety failure increases during shutdowns for maintenance. Process hazard analysis (PHA) and mechanical integrity (MI) programs are used in the process safety management (PSM) Standard. As mentioned, recent events in process safety failure show how dangerous it can be to develop initiatives around safety items that represent little or no incremental value.

The article focuses on the importance of facility siting, a process of identifying risks in a refinery in the U.S. It says that companies could identify the risks associated with a specific process or facility through risk assessment. It discusses the "Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals" (PSM) standard published by the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) with the objective of reducing injuries and deaths of building occupants near the explosion sites.

A survey of 7,571 RCN members found almost two thirds (63%) of respondents had received at least one sharps injury during their careers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article outlines the Common Safety Method for Risk Evaluation and Assessment (CSM REA) fro the construction industry in Great Britain. It discusses the codes of practice for assessing and demonstrating the safety of a design/product and its implementation. Also explained are the approach for using of a reference system to determine the safety requirements for a similar system and for using qualitative or quantitative risk assessment if hazards cannot be assessed as acceptably safe.

A government review will address concerns that healthcare staff from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds are disproportionately affected by COVID-19. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article comments on the risks involved in operating critical pumps in parallel with extended periods and the things to be considered in the concept of reliability engineering. According to the author, operating critical pumps in parallel can become a breach of engineers' ethics by putting people in serious and avoidable danger.

The article presents information on protecting Information Technology (IT) infrastructure against the devastating disaster or business threatening events. Concerned with the disaster recovery issues, companies are focusing hard on their operations and assessing their risk. In this context it is necessary at first place to recognize particular areas which need to be protected and then after a suitable disaster recovery/business continuity plan should be drawn out. The traditional disaster recovery plan which is quite expensive, focuses on the disasters which may never occur. But, companies can have positive results by implementing a strong IT infrastructure which supports business continuity. While discussing the data-loss mitigation options, it has been mentioned that quantitative approach is considered to be an effective method of understanding data-loss mitigation options. The concept of quantitative technique is better known as operational risk management containing three steps. Further, information on these three steps has been provided.

The article discusses the results of an investigation conducted by the staff of "Nursing Standard" about lone working nurses and the violence they are facing in Great Britain. Topics mentioned include the types of attacks against lone workers including head butting and sexual assault, and the strategies for protecting them on the job including personal safety training and robust risk assessments.

The article focuses on the importance of the National Firefighter Near Miss Reporting System to the safety and risk management initiative of fire departments. Topics include the missions and objectives of the program such as to reduce firefighter fatalities, injuries, and accidents as well as emergency medical service (EMS) provider injury and death, how the program increases industrial safety, and the factors for the program's success.

The article focuses on the use of incidents at power plants that nearly result in accidents as preventive tools to prevent major incidents. It comments on causes for events which include inadequate training, labor turnover, and aging power plants and control systems. It talks about the use of a risk matrix method using a semi-quantitative method to identify incidents which could become accidents under different circumstances and mentions the need for safety to be part of organizational culture.

The article offers information on the views of several nurses and health care professionals regarding the risk of cost cutting in community nursing practice. Nurses and health care professionals mentioned include Jane Scullion, Drew Payne, and Edwin Chamanga. Topics include the lack of security for community nurses, drug management, and the increase pressures in community services.

The author emphasizes the need for National Health Service (NHS) England to develop initiatives that would promote occupational safety and prevent workplace accidents instead of focusing on settlement of compensation claims.

An interview with Christa Sedlatschek, director of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA, is presented. She mentions the move of the EU-OSHA to launch its 2012-2013 campaign "Working together for risk prevention." She points out that healthy workers and good working conditions lead to economic success. She emphasizes the project of the agency to estimate the economic costs arising from accidents and ill-health.

The article offers tips on using layers of protection analysis (LOPA) approach by managers for risk assessment. It is said that some managers remain skeptical of LOPA's effectiveness. This skepticism offers an opportunity to safety professionals to communicate safety to management. Managers are said to be extremely busy today for delving into details of LOPA or other risk assessment methods.

This article provides information on hazard acknowledgment and how they can be remedied and avoided through risk assessment. It explores how risk assessment can occur in everyday situations. It then offers a table that graphically explains the process that occurs during risk assessment situations, weighing the situation against its likelihood of occurrence and the outcomes that may spring out of it. It also stresses the importance of clearly grasping the hazards that can happen during work and the possibility that they can occur to anyone at any time.

The article profiles Atlas Machine and Supply Inc. It discusses the measures it has taken to improve its plant safety. It claims that the company reduced safety risks in its plant through lean initiatives, specifically the 5S process to wit, sort, set in order, shine, standardize, and sustain. It notes how the lean principles helped the company cut its experience modification rate (EMR), the rate used by insurance companies to assess risk based on a company's industry and loss experience.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses reports within the issue including contamination risks, industrial safety, and the implications of risk analysis on complex interconnected systems.

Maintaining fire safety in care homes is imperative, says Sam Poddar. Every home manager in the UK must take full responsibility. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reports on the application of risk analysis in the design of machine safety equipment. Features of the SAFEXPERT software from Sick AG; Safety interlocks from EJA Ltd.; Safety switches from Euchner.

The article reports that an engineering firm JPR Fabrication Ltd. has been fined for safety failings after a worker Donald John MacDonald died from head injuries by felling from a valve assembly along with the information on investigation of the case from Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Topics discussed include no specific risk assessment or safe system of work, porches were designed to slide along the framework with their securing plates in position, and occupational training for workers.

The article discusses new guidance issued by the Great Britain Health and Safety Executive on risk assessments in health and social care stating that risk assessment process involves identifying and taking measures to control risks.

The article discusses the management system of the oil and gasoline production company Statoil ASA which aims to improve its safety culture. These includes the work-permit and safe-job analysis systems provide standard to ensure the implementation of risk-mitigating measures. The risk analysis for assets focus on strategy to avoid major accidents. It mentions the operator performance dashboard has allowed the company to change to a more proactive approach.

The article discusses the importance of foreseeing the risks in the occupational health and safety of employees' activities in Great Britain. It notes the need for risk assessment beyond the obvious risks and consideration of risks that could arise as a result of individuals acting outside the scope of training and instruction. The author further highlights the conviction of Tangerine Confectionery Ltd. by the Court of Appeals for a breach of occupational health and safety regulation.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "Spark of interest," in the April 2011 issue.

The article presents information on papers in the Institution of Chemical Engineers' (IchemE) safety journals, which examined risk assessment from contrasting stages in a plant's life cycle. The report "Occupational chemical exposure and risk estimation in process development and design" discussed the importance of identifying occupational health hazards early in the development stage. Another paper focused on safety issues related to aging installations in the offshore oil industry.

The article focuses on the importance of safety in the workplace and the efforts of employers to conduct safety meetings to encourage their employees to work safely. It highlights the concept of a secondary training system which focuses on working at safety rather than working safely. The author notes that working at safety is most effective because of the inherent value realized in the application of such principles. The benefits of working at safety includes active engagement among employees in structured and unstructured risk assessment.

The article focuses on the importance of hazard analysis to be performed any time a product is designed, redesigned or modified. Light screens modified to improve process efficiency is another series of devices that could have benefited from a Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA). According to the author, companies should not address serious new hazards solely with warnings and abbreviated instructions.

The article discusses the safety risks posed by operational shortcuts in the workplace. Shortcuts may help save time, money and effort, but health and safety must not be compromised. Careful risk analysis is vital to ensure workers' safety when applying shortcuts. Unapproved experimental deviation from established safe work procedures must be avoided.

The article reports on the launch of a series of safety Web seminars, or Webinars, by Siemens Energy & Automation, which will be hosted by industry experts. The series is based on the company's movie "Safety: Uncover the Competitive Advantage" which covers topics such as risk assessment, U.S. and international safety standards and new safety technology. The series is scheduled to run until September 2007.

The article reports that engineering firms that have been urged to ensure that they have adequate risk assessment procedures in place as the summer work experience period approaches in Great Britain. The warning comes in the wake of the prosecution of Metalfab Engineering after a work experience student broke his left arm and two of his fingers. According to Caroline Penwill, a health and safety inspector, employers must ensure that young people such as work experience students are supervised.