The purpose of this study was to investigate the effective use of stanchions and handrails in buses. We constructed experimental equipment resembling bus stanchions and handrails and examined the grip and hold strength exerted when used. The total number of subjects was 80: 30 elderly and 19 young males, and 22 elderly and 9 young females. The experimental equipment comprised four parts: a hand...

A well fixed endotracheal tube is essential for safety during general anesthesia. In maxillofacial surgeries, securely fixing a nasotracheal tube in place has always been problematic. The aim of this article is to describe a simple but effective technique to fasten the nasotracheal tube using a wire support that allows a full range of head movement without interference in the surgical field. Du...

A survey of Ohio nursing homes was conducted in 2007 to examine whether injury rates were related to facility characteristics and availability of safety equipment. The median rate of injury in the 898 facilities was 5.7 injuries per 100 workers per year. Although 95% of the facilities had written resident lift-ing policies, only 22% of these were zero-lift policies. Gait transfer belts(99%) and...

Significance Part 7 – Mitigation Techniques This paper is a condensed version, presented to an international audience, of the IEEE IAS Transactions, " Matching surge-protective devices to their environment " which is reproduced in Part 7 of the Anthology under the hyperllink " Matching environment " .

OBJECTIVE To explore the type and quality of handgun safety information a typical consumer would obtain from a licensed gun dealer. METHODS Semistructured, interactional on-site interviews were conducted with licensed handgun dealers in 2 metropolitan areas. A variety of dealers (gun shops, pawnshops, general merchandise stores, and sporting goods stores) were visited. Investigators posed as ...

INTRODUCTION Spinal protective devices are a recent addition to the protective equipment worn by competitive and recreational alpine skiers and snowboarders. Their rate of use is not documented at the time of publication. The objective of this study was to examine the current attitudes and recommendations of Canadian alpine ski racing coaches towards spinal protective devices. METHODS A conve...

BACKGROUND In 2000, reuse of disposable syringes and inadequately sterilized syringes resulted in 39% of all injections being unsafe, causing 22 million infections. We describe the contribution of measles supplemental immunization activities (SIAs) and Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) funding in replacing disposable and sterilizable syringes with auto-disable (AD) syringes t...

OBJECTIVE To compare availability, urban price, and affordability of child/family safety devices between 18 economically diverse countries. DESIGN Descriptive: urban price surveys by local safety organisations or shoppers. SETTING Retail stores and internet vendors. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Prices expressed in US dollars, and affordability measured by hours of factory work needed to buy a ch...

For more permission information, see page 2. Syringe and needle prices rose modestly last year, as predicted, but are expected to decline this year, now that hospitals have progressed sufficiently in conversion to safety products. Even some of the pricier safety needles have begun to drop in price, while traditional models are continuing their previous declines, materials managers reported in t...

Professional orchestral musicians risk permanent hearing loss while playing their instruments. Protecting the hearing of these musicians in the workplace is critical to their ongoing ability to play their instruments, but typical workplace hearing conservation measures can have very damaging effects on the product (music) and the musicians' abilities to hear one another sufficiently. To enable ...