OSHA blog: Spring safety in the clinic
Hospital Safety Insider, April 2, 2015
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As we approach the 50-degree mark here in Boston, I for one am doing the equivalent of a happy dance.
There’s no doubt—for most of us, it’s been a cold and snowy winter and with April 1 comes, at least psychologically, the fact that spring has sprung.
But unless you take a good look around, and inventory the safety issues around your facility, safety experts say the medical clinic or laboratory can actually be a pretty dangerous place when the weather warms up.
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