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IOSH appoints new chief executive: http://t.co/RRn7iChw The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has announced the appointment of Jan Chmiel as chief executive. Currently CEO of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA), Jan will succeed outgoing chief executive Rob Strange OBE in April. Jan said: “I look forward to working with all IOSH members and staff in taking the organisation forward and delivering on its ambitious future strategy. It’s an exciting time to be joining this successful team as IOSH is best placed to address the challenges of improving occupational safety and health in a changing world.” IOSH announced in March that Rob would step down after 12 years in charge. It has been a hugely successful period in the Institution’s history that has seen its membership increase to more than 40,000 and the award of a Royal charter. Rob said: “I have known Jan since he became chief executive of IEMA and have a very great respect for him and for his achievements and experience. I have every confidence that the excellent growth and progress IOSH has made during my tenure as CEO will continue under Jan’s leadership.” Rob leaves to take on a portfolio of trustee and non-executive roles and pursue interests outside of work. “It has been an honour and a privilege to spend 12 years as chief executive of IOSH, and I am proud of all we have achieved together over that period of time,” he said. “I now look forward to working with Jan over the coming months to ensure a smooth and efficient hand-over.” IOSH Board of Trustees chair Keith Underhill said: “I would like to thank Rob for what he has achieved during his tenure, in particular raising the profile of IOSH and increasing our membership to the level it is today. “I am looking forward to working with Jan, who has demonstrated that he is an inspirational leader. I am sure he will drive our strategy forward so the organisation and our members achieve greater recognition.” More articles from IOSH: New guidance to help bosses better protect their workforces (6th December 2012)Research commissioned by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has found a way to help organisations make their health and safety rules and procedures more relevant to the work they do and the staff they protect.From Newsletter Stories IOSH calls for action on work-related traffic accidents (23rd November 2012)The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has stated that work-related road traffic accidents should be reported by employers to help cut the number of people killed or injured while driving for work.

From Newsletter Stories IOSH concerned by plans to reduce consultation timescales (4th September 2012)The UK Government is not giving people enough time to comment on plans to cut health and safety regulations, a leading professional body has said.From Newsletter Stories Olympic health and safety successes can benefit construction companies (31st July 2012)From Newsletter Stories Does less regulation really benefit employers? Study seeks to find out (9th March 2012)Reforms of the UK’s system of health and safety are to be evaluated in a two-year study...From Newsletter Stories Utility company praised for health and safety cost-cutting (5th December 2011)A road safety programme that saved one of the UK’s biggest energy suppliers over £2million has been benchmarked by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)...From Newsletter Stories IOSH call to include work-related RTAs in official stats (21st November 2011)A health and safety body is urging the Government to incorporate work-related road traffic accidents into official statistics...From Newsletter Stories Competition to celebrate eureka thinking launched (1st October 2011)Innovators whose brainwaves have helped to improve health & safety for small businesses are being urged to shout about their achievements.From News IOSH project enhances submariner safety (26th July 2011)Hazardous industry experts from the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health have recently played a part in improving submarine safety...From Newsletter Stories Poor work-life balance sees one in three UK relationships suffer (10th February 2011)Nearly one in three people in the UK have been in a relationship that has suffered because of work pressures, according to a poll released by a leading health and safety body today (Thursday 10 January 2011)...From Newsletter Stories Lorry drivers’ safety a priority in treacherous weather conditions (16th December 2010)Haulage and distribution companies should take care of workers who will be driving on the roads in treacherous weather conditions - a leading health and safety body for professionals has urged... From Newsletter Stories Government urged to protect workers health and safety in uncertain times (6th December 2010)The Government needs to be clearer on how a drive to cut red tape combined with spending cuts will not put people at greater risk of injury or illness at work, a leading health and safety body said today...From Newsletter Stories Competition launched to praise small business health and safety (8th November 2010)Health and safety professionals who work with small businesses across the UK are being given the opportunity to win £1,000 prize and a free pass to the largest health and safety exhibition...From Newsletter Stories Consultants register coming soon (31st August 2010)A new UK scheme to accredit health and safety consultants is to be announced at the beginning of September... From Newsletter Stories IOSH sets the record straight (27th January 2010)IOSH is urging businesses and communities to do the right thing by clearing snow and ice from public areas following misleading reports in the papers... From Newsletter Stories Watch out for signs of seasonal stress, employers warned (10th December 2009)Worries over the credit crunch, job security, childcare and the late shopping rush could all mount up during the festive season, so employers are being warned to watch out for symptoms of seasonal stress in their staff...From Newsletter Stories Cameron speech offers sensible safety debate, says IOSH (3rd December 2009)One leading professional body has spent years campaigning against nonsense ‘elf ‘n’ safety’ stories, saying they have more to do with fear of litigation and the costs or trouble of doing things properly than real health and safety...From Newsletter Stories Time to demonstrate our value, says new president elect (11th November 2009)The next president of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) says that its time for the profession to demonstrate the value of professional health and safety advice...From Newsletter Stories “Time to demonstrate our value”says IOSH president elect (1st November 2009)The next president of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) says that it’s time for the profession to demonstrate the value of professional health and safety advice.From News Employers told to turn the heat down on staff (22nd June 2009)Britain’s bosses need to relieve the pressure on their workers if a stress epidemic is to be avoided, experts have claimed...From Newsletter Stories Why are men dying to work? (16th June 2009)It may have been National Men’s Health Week this month but it’s just another working week when men are more than twice as likely to be hurt in the workplace than women. Men are also substantially more likely to be killed in accidents in the workplace than women...From Newsletter Stories Preparing for a flu pandemic: Ten point plan (1st June 2009)The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), has called on employers to step up preparations for a possible pandemic flu outbreak with recommendations including: 1. Have a plan – you will probably only geFrom Safety first “Get ready for flu outbreak” businesses warned (27th May 2009)The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), is calling on employers to be prepared for a pandemic flu outbreak...From Newsletter Stories Manslaughter window closing, firms told (1st May 2009)Businesses have a "window of opportunity" to get their health and safety systems and cultures right before the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act really starts to bite, according to a panel of top lawyers.From News Manslaughter window closing, firms told (23rd March 2009)Businesses have a "window of opportunity" to get their health and safety systems and cultures right before the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act really starts to bite, a panel of top lawyers said this month...From Newsletter Stories 'A healthy return' – new IOSH guidance (27th January 2009)A free to download, good practice guide to rehabilitating people at work has been published by IOSH...From Newsletter Stories Don't slip, IOSH releases winter travel tips (7th January 2009)The recent cold snap, which caught some out unawares, has shown the need for people to be prepared when travelling in winter. IOSH has produced a few tips to help ensure your travel, whether it be commuting to or from work or for pleasure, remains safe despite the weather...From Newsletter Stories Tis the season for stress to strike (14th December 2008)With worries over the Christmas credit crunch, job security and the late shopping rush during the festive season, IOSH is warning employers to keep an eye out for seasonal stress in their staff...From Newsletter Stories Young worker woes worry MEPs (21st July 2008)Three MEPs have called for more to be done to prevent young workers coming to harm when they first enter the workplace...From Newsletter Stories Safety Symposium: Details announced (1st June 2008)Taking place at The Park Royal in Warrington from 7- 9 September, this year's safety symposium is entitled 'Cutting edge health and safety' and will bring together health and safety professionals from across the publiFrom Safety first Extra inspectors welcome, but more needed, says IOSH (27th May 2008)Europe’s largest body for health and safety professionals has said that the announcement that the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is to recruit 40 new inspectors is “a step in the right direction”, but is not enough for Britain’s health and safety needs...From Newsletter Stories Black report – good start, but more needed (10th April 2008)Following the release of Dame Carol Black's report into health and wellbeing at work, the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has said more needs to be done to prevent work related ill health...From Newsletter Stories IOSH members count themselves in (1st April 2008)IOSH's Get the best campaign is going from strength the strength, with the call for regulation gaining support in Westminster through an Early Day Motion and recommendations to the Department for Work and Pensions Select From Training IOSH blasts business health and safety claims (1st April 2008)"If your business sees health and safety as a burden, then you don't understand enough about it or you're not doing it right," the president of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), Ray Hurst, has From Safety first Regulation debated as IOSH gives evidence (3rd March 2008)Health and safety professionals have reiterated their call to regulate their profession during an appearance by senior members of IOSH before the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Select Committee...From Newsletter Stories Employers could be inviting migrant tragedy, warns safety body (5th February 2008)Many migrant workers are being put at serious risk by cost-cutting employers who aren't providing sufficient training or suitable supervision to new recruits, leading occupational health and safety body IOSH has said...From Newsletter Stories Simplicity key to keeping small businesses safe (1st February 2008)Small businesses need access to simple how to guides on health and safety to help dispel the perception that health and safety is burdensome, says Europe's largest health and safety professional body. From Safety first Response from Ray (1st February 2008)From banning fans from chucking underwear at a Tom Jones impersonator (for fear he'd trip) to calling time on pancake races (too much paperwork, what with the risk assessments), stories of "elf and safety" gone mad are eaFrom Safety first Simplifying CPD (1st February 2008)Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is an activity which is misunderstood, misinterpreted and often made more complicated tha Link - Trackbacks

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#Stanford conducting new clinical trial for long-lasting #flu #vaccine. http://t.co/Nmj7tnJ3 The very young or very old, or anyone with a weakened immune system, are more likely to become infected, and they're more likely to suffer severe symptoms that can lead to hospitalization or death. [...] there always lingers the danger of a flu pandemic, like the 2009 swine flu outbreak, with a new strain suddenly appearing that leaves almost everyone vulnerable. A flu vaccine has been available since the 1950s, and in 1960 the U.S. surgeon general recommended for the first time annual immunization for older adults, defined as anyone over age 64, along with pregnant women and people with certain medical conditions that weakened their immune system. Diminishing returnsStudies also have shown that for most people, their immune response to the vaccine - meaning how well the vaccine primes their body to fight off the flu - starts falling off in their mid-30s. The modern vaccine provides protection by exposing people to tiny bits from three strains of influenza virus, which triggers the body's immune system to start developing antibodies that will fight those specific strains. Even if we were able to make an antibody for that region, the virus would have replicated before the antibody could get in there and attack. [...] scientists develop a way to immunize people against all strains of influenza, a need persists to increase the effectiveness of the vaccine currently available. In just the last year, two new flu vaccine mechanisms became available: an intradermal shot that is injected close to the surface of the skin, and a high-dose vaccine that may improve the immune response in older people. [...] those improvements are relatively subtle and fall far short of the larger goals of making a powerful immunization that provides protection to the vast majority of people for a wide variety of strains, and won't need to be re-administered every flu season. In addition to adjuvants, scientists are looking at something called DNA vaccines, which include DNA that instruct the body to make the hemagglutinin protein itself, instead of having it inserted pre-made. The idea is that the so-called homemade protein will inspire the body to produce not only antibodies to target that protein, but also increase the body's production of other immune cells that aren't flu-specific., The very young or very old, or anyone with a weakened immune system, are more likely to become infected, and they're more likely to suffer severe symptoms that can lead to hospitalization or death. [...] there always lingers the danger of a flu pandemic, like the 2009 swine flu outbreak, with a new strain suddenly appearing that leaves almost everyone vulnerable. A flu vaccine has been available since the 1950s, and in 1960 the U.S. surgeon general recommended for the first time annual immunization for older adults, defined as anyone over age 64, along with pregnant women and people with certain medical conditions that weakened their immune system. Diminishing returnsStudies also have shown that for most people, their immune response to the vaccine - meaning how well the vaccine primes their body to fight off the flu - starts falling off in their mid-30s. The modern vaccine provides protection by exposing people to tiny bits from three strains of influenza virus, which triggers the body's immune system to start developing antibodies that will fight those specific strains. Even if we were able to make an antibody for that region, the virus would have replicated before the antibody could get in there and attack. [...] scientists develop a way to immunize people against all strains of influenza, a need persists to increase the effectiveness of the vaccine currently available. In just the last year, two new flu vaccine mechanisms became available: an intradermal shot that is injected close to the surface of the skin, and a high-dose vaccine that may improve the immune response in older people. [...] those improvements are relatively subtle and fall far short of the larger goals of making a powerful immunization that provides protection to the vast majority of people for a wide variety of strains, and won't need to be re-administered every flu season. In addition to adjuvants, scientists are looking at something called DNA vaccines, which include DNA that instruct the body to make the hemagglutinin protein itself, instead of having it inserted pre-made. The idea is that the so-called homemade protein will inspire the body to produce not only antibodies to target that protein, but also increase the body's production of other immune cells that aren't flu-specific. Link - Trackbacks

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Novel Framework for Assessing Epidemiologic Effects of Influenza Epidemics and Pandemics http://t.co/em32zMAZ The effects of influenza on a population are attributable to the clinical severity of illness and the number of persons infected, which can vary greatly between seasons or pandemics. To create a systematic framework for assessing the public health effects of an emerging pandemic, we reviewed data from past influenza seasons and pandemics to characterize severity and transmissibility (based on ranges of these measures in the United States) and outlined a formal assessment of the potential effects of a novel virus. The assessment was divided into 2 periods. Because early in a pandemic, measurement of severity and transmissibility is uncertain, we used a broad dichotomous scale in the initial assessment to divide the range of historic values. In the refined assessment, as more data became available, we categorized those values more precisely. By organizing and prioritizing data collection, this approach may inform an evidence-based assessment of pandemic effects and guide decision making. Link - Trackbacks

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FLU NEWS SCAN: Flu virus shedding, pandemic prevention approaches http://t.co/vZayUglY Study finds substantial flu virus shedding even without symptoms In a German study, 30% of patients' tested positive for flu the day before symptoms developed, and asymptomatic patients had about the same viral loads as sick patients, according to a report yesterday in PLoS One. Investigators conducted a prospective household study using data from 2007 to 2011 in Berlin and Munich. They analyzed data from 122 index patients and 320 household contacts, of whom 67 became secondary flu case-patients. Of the 189 case-patients, 12 had seasonal H1N1 flu, 19 had H3N2, 98 had pandemic 2009 H1N1, and 60 had influenza B. Nine (14%) of 65 unvaccinated secondary case-patients—all adults—were asymptomatic. Viral loads in patients' nasal specimens peaked on day 1, 2, or 3 for all flu strains, then declined steadily till days 7 through 9. On the day before symptom onset, 12 of 40 specimens (30%) were positive. Viral load in six asymptomatic patients was similar to that in those having symptoms. Infectiousness, as measured by viral culture, lasted 4 to 6 days after symptom onset, and viral load did not seem to be influenced by antiviral therapy, age, or vaccination status, the team found. They conclude, "Asymptomatic/subclinical infections occur infrequently, but may be associated with substantial amounts of viral Link - Trackbacks

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