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Holiday Manga - 2014 - Part Four

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Please enjoy the next installment of  The Industrious Hygienist's  HOLIDAY   MANGA . Here is the finale, Part Four (of Four) for the 2014 Holiday Edition: The Industrious Hygienist's 2014 Holiday Edition Manga - Part Four The Exceptional Spouse and I are looking forward to spending the holidays with family and friends, especially the events where Shadow (Alaskan Malamute) gets to come along. Thanks for continuing to read my blog - expect more safety and industrial hygiene related posts in 2015 and beyond.

Holiday Manga - 2014 - Part Three

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Please enjoy the next installment of  The Industrious Hygienist's  HOLIDAY   MANGA . Here is Part Three (of Four) for the 2014 Holiday Edition: The Industrious Hygienist's 2014 Holiday Edition Manga - Part Three More to come by the end of the year. Here are links to  Holiday   Manga  from previous years for your reference and enjoyment: 2011 - Holiday Manga - Part 1 2011 - Holiday Manga - Part 2 2011 - Holiday Manga - Part 3 2011- Holiday Card 2013 - Holiday Card If you want to review more of my favorite holiday safety tips from industry experts, click here . As always, thanks to Hiromu Arakawa for the Fullmetal Alchemist character stylings. 

Holiday Manga - 2014 - Part Two

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Please enjoy the next installment of  The Industrious Hygienist's  HOLIDAY   MANGA . Here is Part Two (of Four) for the 2014 Holiday Edition: The Industrious Hygienist's 2014 Holiday Edition Manga - Part Two More to come by the end of the year. Here are links to  Holiday   Manga  from previous years for your reference and enjoyment: 2011 - Holiday Manga - Part 1 2011 - Holiday Manga - Part 2 2011 - Holiday Manga - Part 3 2011- Holiday Card 2013 - Holiday Card If you want to review my favorite holiday safety tips from industry experts, click here .

Holiday Manga - 2014 - Part One

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In keeping with previous years, I'm doing another series of The Industrious Hygienist's  HOLIDAY MANGA !! As a reminder to some of my more impatient :) readers, each of these one page drawings take me between six and eight hours to complete. So, I am working as fast as I can with the limited free time I have available. Here is Part One (of Four) for the 2014 Holiday Edition: The Industrious Hygienist's 2014 Holiday Edition Manga - Part One More to come by the end of the year. Here are links to Holiday Manga  from previous years for your reference and enjoyment: 2011 - Holiday Manga - Part 1 2011 - Holiday Manga - Part 2 2011 - Holiday Manga - Part 3 2011- Holiday Card 2013 - Holiday Card

New OSHA Fact Sheet - PPE Selection Matrix for Ebola

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I'm excited to share an image of the new OSHA Fact Sheet entitled " PPE Selection Matrix for Occupational Exposure to Ebola Virus ." My last blog post showed the process for donning and doffing PPE  in support of the CDC Guidelines , and starred my team at Sock Puppet Safety. The Fact Sheet details the recommended PPE based on a variety of occupational exposure scenarios: conducting normal work activities casual interaction (outside of a health care setting) providing medical and supportive care conducting clinical laboratory work conducting research laboratory work handling dead bodies cleaning and disinfecting environments performing maintenance work handling, transporting, and disposing of waste An image of the PPE selection matrix is shown below - it looks a bit daunting until you see how it is separated out by task. OSHA's PPE Selection Matrix for Occupational Exposure to Ebola Virus. So, for a task like handling, transporting, treating, and disposing of waste t...