BACKGROUND Unsafe working practices, working environments, disposable waste products, and chemicals in clinical laboratories contribute to infectious and non-infectious hazards. Staffs, the community, and patients are less safe. Furthermore, such practices compromise the quality of laboratory services. We conducted a study to describe safety practices in public hospital laboratories of Oromia R...

This project is the first stage of a larger program of research into hazard perception training for motorcyclists. Future stages of the project will investigate what type of environment can be used to teach hazard perception and responding, for example a simulator environment or combination of off-road and simulator training. This report summarises the research that has been conducted into haza...

This paper presents a review of the state-of-the-art to identify emerging ideas and solutions which hold promise for practical implementation in risk management strategies of natural hazards with focus on landslides and extreme waves. methods. For other natural hazards, 15 in total, similar lines are outlined. Interesting is that the authors already present methods of estimating research result...

This study used principles and methods of good ecological restoration, including participatory photographic research methods, to explore perceptions of safety and quality in one hemodialysis unit. Using a list of potential safety and quality issues developed during an initial focus group, a practitioner-led photo walkabout was conducted to obtain photographs of the patient care unit and nurses’...

Networks of robotic sensors have the potential to safely collect data over large-scale, unknown environments. They can be especially useful in situations where the environment is unsafe for humans to explore. In many such situations, robots are also susceptible to hazards. It is important to design exploration and mapping algorithms that are hazard-aware, so that the robotic sensor network can ...