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- Environment / Industries : Environmental law requirements for specific industries

Examples of environmental industry requirements: agriculture, automotive services, chemical processes, electronics, food & kindred products, printing, real estate, textiles, transportation, wood & paper products. Model Risk Management Program Plans by Industry Sector.

- Environment / Pollution : Resources to identify technologies & management practices to reduce pollution

Guidelines on pollution prevention in the workplace, including regulations, vendor information, technical assistance, management & organization issues on specific industries. Eliminating the pollution in health care practices. Full text of a pollution prevention program. Data on key indicators of air, water, and land pollutant release data for 28 industrial groups.

- Ergonomics / Patient Handling : Patient transfer techniques, use of lift equipment, patient transfer teams

Recommendations for solutions to manual lifting of patients. Information about mechanical lfit equipment and patient transfer systems.

- Fleet / Industries : Fleet hazards and recommended controls related to various industries

Fleet hazards and recommended controls related to various industries

- Fleet / Substance Abuse : Guidance on DOT requirements for mandatory commercial driver drug testing

Full text of US DOT regulations on workplace drug testing programs for transportation. Overview and outline of DOT requirements for drug and alcohol testing. Full text of a commercial driver license alcohol and drug testing program. Research studies that address the problem of drunk driving. Full text of a university's substance abuse program for CDL requirements.

Fleet / Trucking : Safety and the trucking industry

Fact sheets about the trucking industry & trucking safety, including information on basic industry facts, safety statistics, a truck's average total stopping distance, etc. Manual on the realities and limitations of trucking. Alternative fuels.

Health / Dental : Large number of reference materials for the dentistry profession

Consumer/patient information: dental health facts and topics, dental terminology, images and diagrams for the general public. Dental discussion groups. Dental hygiene materials. Infection control in dentistry. Topics for dentists - research and clinical issues, statistics and more. Specialties, such as implant dentistry, orthodontics, pediatric dentistry, etc.

Health / Drug Free Workplace : Workplace substance abuse programs, drug policies and more

Employer guides and resources for establishing a substance abuse program in the workplace - drug policies, interactive cost / benefit worksheet, employee survey, etc. Database of specimen collection sites. Variety of articles on recognizing and preventing substance abuse. State drug laws. Statistics on workplace substance abuse. Drug and Alcohol Workplace Kit.

- Health / Medical Center Mgt : Handbooks for medical staff and patients, departmental resources

Full text of a medical staff handbook and of a patient handbook in use by the National Institute of Health. Medical department intranet websites. Medical records management.

- Health / Substance Abuse : Guidance in the substance abuse treatment field

Guidance in the substance abuse treatment field. Alcohol & drug abuse fact sheets. Terminology, drug/alcohol abuse symptoms, data, other statistics. Train servers to detect & prevent customer intoxication. Treatment of alcoholism and substance abuse.

Industrial Hygiene / Labs : Chemical Hygiene Plans, standard operating procedures, lab safety programs, etc.

Laboratory safety programs and manuals, Chemical Hygiene Plans, radiation safety guidelines, laboratory inspections. Laboratory waste minimization and pollution prevention. Safety in high school labs. Laboratory safety checklists. Spill response. Standard operating procedures for hazardous materials.

Legal / Health Law : Case developments, articles, resources related to medical law

Law and the physician, medicine and law, medical liability, etc. Resources, cases, statutes, memos and articles on health law. Latex allergy litigation.

- Medicine / Anesthesia : Textbooks, adverse events, anesthesia safety and related materials

Resources for professionals related to anesthesia -related topics, safety, textbooks, etc.

- Medicine / Infection Control : Infection control in hospitals and healthcare institutions

Guides and information on infection control. Tutorial on drug-resistant organisms. Issues and recommendations for the prevention of nosocomial pneumonia. Recommendations for isolation practices and infection control in hospitals. Guidelines for controlling the risk of VRE infection and colonization. Emerging pathogens and multidrug-resistant organisms. Laundry guidelines. Needle sticks.

Medicine / Mental Health : Clinical resources on the medical treatment of mental health disorders

Resources on prevention, treatment & rehabilitation services for specific mental disorders. Coexisting mental illness and substance abuse. Articles, fact sheets, patient handouts, resources.

Medicine / Pharmaceuticals : Clinical resources on pharmacology

Databases of over 4,000 generic/tradenames with information on dosage, indications for use, warnings, etc. Monographs on new drugs. Antibiotic guide. Food and drug interactions. Comparative drug charts. ASHP Practice Standards. Intravenous medication administration.

Medicine / Radiation : Resources related to nuclear medicine

Emphasis on safety & health references for the nuclear medicine department.

- Organizations / Dental : Associations, non-profits, institutes associated with dentistry

In addition to the ADA, includes associations for dental hygienists and for specialties in dentistry such as orthodontics, periodontology, prosthodontists.

- OSHA / Construction : OSHA technical resources on construction

Full text of OSHA's resource manual for safety in construction and a job site safety handbook. Other construction safety reference materials include fire safety, excavations, scaffolds, trenching, underground construction, etc.

- OSHA / Industries : OSHA's technical resources for various industries

Examples of industries: nursing homes, healthcare facilities, meat packing, maritime, textiles, logging.

- Risk Mgt / Industries : Risk management advice for specific industries

Risk management resource materials for specific industries such as schools, auto dealers, auto repairs, churches, small business, etc.

- Risk Mgt / Medical Liability : Medical malpractice, risk management in medicine, insurance, etc.

Medical professional liability exposures. Tips to prevent malpractice claims. Handbook on risk management for physicians. State-specific legislative information. Series of risk management forms and letters available for download. Answers to common questions about the release of medical records. Emergency room risk management. Series of articles on risk management and medical professional liability.

Safety / Agriculture : Large number of agriculture safety bulletins, including dust hazards and control

Agriculture safety and health databases, fact sheets, guidelines, safety bulletins, guides, farm occupational safety information, and other technical resources.

Safety / Amusement Industry : Safety resources for the amusement industry - carnivals, etc.

Amusement ride safety. Field inspection and test guide. Safety and service bulletins. Safety statistics in the carnival industry.

Safety / Arts : Health and safety for art classes, theaters, schools, and entertainment industry

Safety in the arts, arts and crafts safety, theater safety, entertainment industry safety, art hazards, perfoming art safety. Student Theater Operations Manual.

Safety / Construction : Workplace safety and health resources for construction hazards

Guide to revisions in scaffolding standards, safety meeting outlines, documents related to construction safety. Underground gas main explosions. Jobsite safety handbook. Safety requirements for Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste (HTRW) and Explosives. Safety meeting outlines. PPE in construction. OSHA Fatal Facts related to construction.

- Safety / Medical Devices : FDA regulatory guidance for manufacturers of medical devices

US Food and Drug Administration guidance on the CDRH requirements related to medical device manufacturing safety requirements - recalls, reporting, quality, use errors, etc. Various inspection guides used by FDA field staff for audits. Mammography facility regulatory guidance.

Safety / Patient Safety : Medical errors, medication errors, patient safety guidance

JCAHO Sentinel Events. Medication Error Prevention Programs. Medical Error Reporting. Guidance regarding patient safety.

Safety / Restaurants : Safety talks and information for restaurants and food operations

Safety meeting outlines, safety talks for food service operations. Kitchen and cafeteria safety checklist. Legal bulletins.

Safety Mgt / Industries : Safety and health hazards & controls in specific industries

Safety and health hazards for specific industries, such as: schools, drycleaners, dental, agricultural, firefighter, healthcare, mining, petroleum refining, photography, poultry processing, pulp and paper, semiconductor industry, silk screen printing, water and wastewater treatment plants, woodworking.

- USA Government / FDA : Departments and agencies of US Food and Drug Administration

Departments and agencies of US Food and Drug Administration

- Drug Free Workplace / Driver Drug Testing : Guidance on DOT requirements for mandatory commercial driver drug testing

Drug Free Workplace / Drug Free Programs : Workplace substance abuse programs, drug policies and more

- Drug Free Workplace / Substance Abuse : Guidance in the substance abuse treatment field

- US Government / FDA : Departments and agencies of US Food and Drug Administration

Departments and agencies of US Food and Drug Administration

Construction / Construction Safety : Workplace safety and health resources for construction hazards

- Construction / OSHA Construction : OSHA technical resources on construction

Safety / Substance Abuse : Guidance on DOT requirements for mandatory commercial driver drug testing

Trucking-Freight Systems / Trucking Research : Safety and the trucking industry

Legal Topics / Health Law : Case developments, articles, resources related to medical law

Law and the physician, medicine and law, medical liability, etc. Resources, cases, statutes, memos and articles on health law. Latex allergy litigation.

- Organizations / Dental : Associations, non-profits, institutes associated with dentistry

In addition to the ADA, includes associations for dental hygienists and for specialties in dentistry such as orthodontics, periodontology, prosthodontists.

- USA Government / FDA : Departments and agencies of US Food and Drug Administration

Departments and agencies of US Food and Drug Administration

- Environment / Industries : Environmental law requirements for specific industries

- Environment / Pollution : Resources to identify technologies & management practices to reduce pollution

- Ergonomics / Patient Handling : Patient transfer techniques, use of lift equipment, patient transfer teams

Recommendations for solutions to manual lifting of patients. Information about mechanical lfit equipment and patient transfer systems.

Human Resources / Drug Free Workplace : Workplace substance abuse programs, drug policies and more

Industrial Hygiene / Labs : Chemical Hygiene Plans, standard operating procedures, lab safety programs, etc.

- Legal / Health Law : Case developments, articles, resources related to medical law