Nurse Safety vs. Safety in Nursing
We all know how important it is to ensure Safety in Nursing. As patients or futures patients, safety in nursing can, as it often does, save our life. That is pretty important! But what about Nurse Safety – what are the consequences of not equally ensuring nurse safety? Nurses are the very definition of frontline […]
Measles: The Most Contagious Virus Is Back—How MAXAIR® Systems Are Protecting Healthcare Workers on the Frontlines
A disease once thought to be nearly eliminated in the United States is surging back with alarming speed—and it is more contagious than almost any virus known to science. Measles, a pathogen so inf ectious that a single case can ignite an outbreak, is on the rise again. An Escalating Crisis As of June 12, […]
Preparing Healthcare Professionals for the Flu Season Surge
Flu season burdens the healthcare industry heavily, increasing personnel absences, service disruptions, and mortality among vulnerable patients. A late 2023 study, Influenza immunization of healthcare personnel in the post-COVID-19 pandemic era: Still a lot to do!, highlighting the critical need for effective infection control. Challenges to Effectively Preventing Influenza Despite strong endorsements of the flu vaccine, vaccination […]
The Dangers of Surgical Smoke
Surgical smoke poses significant health risks to patients and medical staff, creating an urgent need for reliable protective measures. Our latest article, featured on LinkedIn, explores the dangers associated with surgical smoke and highlights practical solutions to enhance workplace safety, including our highly effective Surgical Helmet System. Discover insights from our experts and learn how […]
The New Standard for Respiratory Protection: Bridging the Gaps for the Future in Healthcare
In earlier blogs in this series, we examined the significant healthcare challenges faced in the early 21st century, particularly regarding personal protective equipment (PPE), preparedness, and response. These discussions focused on identifying the real needs for a standardized healthcare respirator that can effectively serve HCWs for both daily use and during epidemics or pandemics. Over […]
Challenges to Respirator PPE Amidst Global Health Crises: Back to the Future
In the realm of global health crises, respiratory personal protective equipment (PPE) has always been at the forefront of defense. Over the past two decades, the world has encountered several significant outbreaks, each posing unique challenges to the availability, accessibility, and effectiveness of respirator PPE. From the 2003 SARS epidemic to the 2019 COVID-19 pandemic, […]
Respiratory Protection Standard: The N95 Evolution
Respiratory protective equipment plays a pivotal role in safeguarding individuals from hazardous airborne particulates. Although considered as the last stage in the hierarchy of implementable controls to safeguard workers against airborne hazards, respiratory PPE can be the most important due to the challenges of effectively implementing higher levels. Widely recognized N95 respirators have become the […]
The Evolution of Respiratory Protection: In Search for a Respirator Standard
Many companies face increasing risks associated with harmful airborne particulates in today’s rapidly changing world, including healthcare, construction, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, and many others. This has led to the critical development of respiratory protection measures and strict standards to ensure workers’ well-being. Here we briefly review the historical development of respiratory protection and current standards adopted […]
NIOSH PAPR100 Vs PAPR HE : What is the Difference?
The coronavirus continues to cause heavy and rapid changes to the healthcare industry since it caused a pandemic and changed the world in 2019. Staff in hospitals were put at very high risk to exposure of viral contaminants as they worked closely alongside patients affected by the highly contagious virus. Their lives were put in […]