News tagged with safety measures
Poor suffer disproportionately from road crashes: study
Jun 15, 2009 |
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The poor are disproportionately victims of road crashes, with the number of deaths set to nearly double in two decades, according to the first global assessment of road safety released on Monday.
World's first mandatory national nanotech rule pending
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Jan 28, 2009 |
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The Canadian government reportedly is planning to release in February the world's first national regulation requiring companies to detail their use of engineered nanomaterials, according to environmental officials. The information ...
Presence of safety measures affects people's trust in the safety of tourist destinations
Oct 02, 2008 |
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According to the asymmetry principle of trust, information on negative events decreases trust to a much higher extent than information on positive events increases trust. A new study in the journal Risk Analysis examined whethe ...
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New study finds confidence in food safety plunges in wake of peanut butter contamination
Feb 24, 2009 |
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Fewer than one in four consumers now believe the U.S. food supply is safer than it was a year ago, according to new data from the University of Minnesota's Food Industry Center.
Safety measures for Grand Prix racing drivers haven't worked
Sep 27, 2007 |
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Most of the measures introduced over the past decade to boost the safety of Grand Prix motor racing, have not cut death rates or curbed speed, as intended, suggests an analysis published ahead of print in the British Journal of ...
Hospitals that mostly treat Medicaid patients have made smaller quality performance gains
May 14, 2008 |
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Hospitals that predominantly treat poor and underserved patients (often referred to as safety-net hospitals) have made smaller improvements in quality performance measures in recent years compared to hospitals that do not ...
Simple clinical interventions improve patient safety
May 03, 2009 |
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Maternal and newborn outcomes were greatly improved when doctors implemented a series of simple clinical interventions at Yale-New Haven Hospital's obstetrical unit. Yale School of Medicine researchers report their results ...
Study: Midwest not ready for a major quake
Feb 20, 2006 |
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A Washington University professor says Midwesterners rarely think about earthquake safety so towns along the New Madrid fault are not prepared.
Area-wide traffic calming improves safety -- but will it work in low- and middle-income countries?
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Area-wide traffic calming schemes that discourage through-traffic from using residential roads are effective at reducing traffic-related injuries in high-income countries and may even reduce deaths. However, more research ...
Higher hospital safety rating not associated with lower risk of in-hospital death
Mar 31, 2009 |
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Hospitals that reported higher scores on measures of safe practices did not have a significantly lower rate of in-hospital deaths compared to hospitals that reported lower scores on these measures, according to a study in ...
Microwave Meter Measures Moisture and Density of In-Shell Peanuts
Nov 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A microwave meter that instantaneously measures both moisture and density of in-shell peanuts has been developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists, making it easier and faster ...
Panel: Overzealous rules may stifle germ research
Sep 30, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A panel of university and private-sector scientists urged Congress on Thursday not to overregulate laboratories that handle the world's deadliest pathogens, saying it could have a chilling effect on research of biological ...
Mineral oil contamination in humans: A health problem?
Nov 24, 2008 |
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From a quantitative standpoint, mineral oil is probably the largest contaminant of our body. That this contaminant can be tolerated without health concerns in humans has not been proven convincingly. The current Editorial ...
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