scholarly journals CURRENT STATE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL REGULATION OF THE SAFETY OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

2020 ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
M.Ye. Aleksandrov
Keyword(s):  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Current State

scholarly journals Current state of legal regulation of provision of agricultural workers by means of individual protection

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Novak Tamara ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
The State ◽  
Agricultural Workers ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Agricultural Enterprises ◽  
Current State ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Labor Service

The article is devoted to the investigation of the current state of legal regulation of provision of agricultural workers with personal protective equipment, analysis of legislative novelties and highlighting the main disadvantages in this area with the formulation of proposals for their elimination. It is defined that the legal framework for provision of workers of agricultural enterprises with personal protective equipment (hereinafter - PPE) is currently being updated, primarily due to Ukraine’s international and European integration obligations to adapt domestic legislation in this area to international requirements. It is proved that the main positive innovations are: the introduction of a combination of the mandatory minimum provision of workers by PPE with the possibility for the employer to decide on the provision of workers by PPE overtime; giving priority to means of collective protection over PPE; specification of the rights of workers to participate in resolving issues related to the their provision of PPE; regulation of the procedure for selecting PPE by the worker in excess of the established minimum norms. A number of measures are proposed to promote the practical implementation of the provisions of the Minimum Safety and Health Requirements for the use of personal protective equipment in the workplace: development of recommendations for employers to assess occupational risks in the workplace; provision of advisory services in the field of risk assessment at workplaces and on the selection of PPE above the established norms (such services may be provided by the State Labor Service of Ukraine); provision of workplace risk assessment services by the State Labor Service or other entities (this is especially relevant for small agricultural enterprises). A proposal was made to introduce incentives for employers to provide employees (including agricultural enterprises) with PPE by establishing the dependence of the amount of contributions for compulsory state insurance against accidents at work and occupational diseases on the level of occupational injuries / diseases at the enterprise. Keywords: occupational safety and health of workers, industrial risks, legislation, personal protective equipment, dangerous production factors, labor protection, legal regulation

scholarly journals 3D Printing for Medical Applications: Current State of the Art and Perspectives during the COVID-19 Crisis

Surgeries ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 244-259
Author(s):  
Andrew Hagen ◽  
Megan Chisling ◽  
Kevin House ◽  
Tal Katz ◽  
Laila Abelseth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
3D Printing ◽  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Extreme Stress ◽  
Current State ◽  
Life Saving ◽  
3D Printed ◽  
Recent Trends

The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has affected over one hundred million people worldwide and has resulted in over two million deaths. In addition to the toll that coronavirus takes on the health of humans infected with the virus and the potential long term effects of infection, the repercussions of the pandemic on the economy as well as on the healthcare system have been enormous. The global supply of equipment necessary for dealing with the pandemic experienced extreme stress as healthcare systems around the world attempted to acquire personal protective equipment for their workers and medical devices for treating COVID-19. This review describes how 3D printing is currently being used in life saving surgeries such as heart and lung surgery and how 3D printing can address some of the worldwide shortage of personal protective equipment, by examining recent trends of the use of 3D printing and how these technologies can be applied during and after the pandemic. We review the use of 3D printed models for treating the long term effects of COVID-19. We then focus on methods for generating face shields and different types of respirators. We conclude with areas for future investigation and application of 3D printing technology.

scholarly journals Peculiarities of legal regulation of waste management of individual protection means in a pandemic condition

2020 ◽  
pp. 5-8
Author(s):  
Yelyzaveta STROHA ◽  
Vladyslava KRAKOVA
Keyword(s):  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Legal Responsibility ◽  
Household Waste ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Special Equipment ◽  
Healthcare Facilities ◽  
Infected People ◽  
Medical Institutions

The paper is devoted to the problem of medical waste disposal, namely personal protective equipment. The authors point out that the spread of acute respiratory disease caused by SARS-CoV–2 is not only a direct threat to human life and health, but also indirectly affects the environment of Ukraine. The paper notes that the disposal of personal protective equipment attracted attention only after the beginning of the pandemic, because their use by humans began in too large quantities. The paper also states that as a result of such use, a significant amount of hazardous waste is generated, which is not properly disposed of by companies that have the appropriate license and special equipment. The authors emphasize that there are gaps in the legal regulation of the treatment of personal protective equipment, as clear regulations are available only for PPE used by medical institutions. As for the protective equipment used by infected people in the home and referred by the legislator to the group of ordinary solid household waste, there are provisions for them only of a recommendatory nature. Therefore, their implementation will be provided only by conscious citizens, but we know that there are fewer of them in our country. The paper states that despite the established legal responsibility for health care institutions and licensees for non-compliance with regulations, which are clearly regulated by the legislation of Ukraine, the state does not adopt any effective mechanisms of influence to avoid their negative manifestations. The authors also note that in Ukraine, due to the lack of legal regulation of the treatment of PPE in everyday life, as a result, all of them are not disposed of properly and sent to regular landfills. Therefore, we propose ways to solve this problem, namely: to amend the Law “On Waste” and adopt a new bylaw to implement this law; create special containers to be used outside healthcare facilities.

scholarly journals Advanced Functional Materials for Intelligent Thermoregulation in Personal Protective Equipment

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (21) ◽  
pp. 3711
Author(s):  
Alireza Saidi ◽  
Chantal Gauvin ◽  
Safa Ladhari ◽  
Phuong Nguyen-Tri
Keyword(s):  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Functional Materials ◽  
Polymeric Materials ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Sensors And Actuators ◽  
Physical Hazards ◽  
Current State ◽  
Smart Textile ◽  
Improved Performance ◽  
External Stimuli

The exposure to extreme temperatures in workplaces involves physical hazards for workers. A poorly acclimated worker may have lower performance and vigilance and therefore may be more exposed to accidents and injuries. Due to the incompatibility of the existing standards implemented in some workplaces and the lack of thermoregulation in many types of protective equipment that are commonly fabricated using various types of polymeric materials, thermal stress remains one of the most frequent physical hazards in many work sectors. However, many of these problems can be overcome with the use of smart textile technologies that enable intelligent thermoregulation in personal protective equipment. Being based on conductive and functional polymeric materials, smart textiles can detect many external stimuli and react to them. Interconnected sensors and actuators that interact and react to existing risks can provide the wearer with increased safety, protection, and comfort. Thus, the skills of smart protective equipment can contribute to the reduction of errors and the number and severity of accidents in the workplace and thus promote improved performance, efficiency, and productivity. This review provides an overview and opinions of authors on the current state of knowledge on these types of technologies by reviewing and discussing the state of the art of commercially available systems and the advances made in previous research works.

scholarly journals Issues of Involvement in Administrative Responsibility in the Conditions of Higher Preparedness

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 21-29
Author(s):  
A.D. Dashieva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Disease Spread ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Coronavirus Infection ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Administrative Responsibility

The article describes questions of administrative and legal regulation in the conditions of the high alert regime. The administrative measures taken to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) came into force on April 1, 2020. The article introduces the procedure for establishing rules, requirements and prohibitions for citizens and organizations in the the high alert mode territory. Questions arise about the requirements, for violation of which they are held liable under Article 20.6.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, as the Code established administrative responsibility for non-compliance with the rules of behavior in an emergency or the threat of its occurrence. Part 2 of Art. 6.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation has been amendened to regulate the administrative responsibility for violation of legislation in the field of ensuring the sanitary and epidemiological well-being of the population, if such an offence is committed during an emergency regime or in the event of a threat of the spread of a dangerous disease. The requirements for masks and personal protective equipment have been analyzed, as for the absence of masks the requirements can be brought to administrative responsibility. A big problem still is the disposal of personal protective equipment, since they belong to waste category B. The release of used personal protective equipment is the subject to the requirements of the disposal procedure and the requirement to prevent the emergence of a threat of the dangerous disease spread. The article considers the competition between the rules of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation in terms of bringing to responsibility for non-compliance with environmental protection requirements when handling production and consumption waste and the rules of law regulating violation of legislation in the field of ensuring sanitary and epidemiological well-being of the population.

scholarly journals Advanced Functional Materials for Intelligent Thermoregulation in Personal Protective Equipment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alireza Saidi ◽  
Chantal Gauvin ◽  
Safa Ladhari ◽  
Phuong Nguyen -Tri
Keyword(s):  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Functional Materials ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Sensors And Actuators ◽  
Physical Hazards ◽  
Current State ◽  
Smart Textile ◽  
Improved Performance ◽  
External Stimuli ◽  
Made In

The exposure to extreme temperatures in workplaces involves physical hazards for workers. A poorly acclimated worker may have lower performance and vigilance and may therefore be more exposed to accidents and injuries. Due to the incompatibility of the existing standards implemented in some workplaces and the lack of thermoregulation in many protective equipment, thermal stress remains one of the most frequent physical hazards in many work sectors. However, many of these problems can be overcome with the use of smart textile technologies that enable intelligent thermoregulation in personal protective equipment. Smart textiles can detect, react and adapt to many external stimuli. Interconnected sensors and actuators that interact and react to existing risks can provide the wearer with increased safety, protection and comfort. Thus, the skills of smart protective equipment can contribute to the reduction of errors and the number and severity of accidents in the workplace, and thus promote improved performance, efficiency and productivity.This review provides an overview and opinions of authors on the current state of knowledge on these types of technologies by reviewing and discussing the state of the art of commercially available systems and the advances made in previous research works.

Impact of COVID-19 on Nuclear Medicine in Germany, Austria and Switzerland: An International Survey in April 2020

2020 ◽  
Vol 59 (04) ◽  
pp. 294-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lutz S. Freudenberg ◽  
Ulf Dittmer ◽  
Ken Herrmann
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Medicine ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Diagnostic Procedures ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Public Versus Private ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Introduction Preparations of health systems to accommodate large number of severely ill COVID-19 patients in March/April 2020 has a significant impact on nuclear medicine departments. Materials and Methods A web-based questionnaire was designed to differentiate the impact of the pandemic on inpatient and outpatient nuclear medicine operations and on public versus private health systems, respectively. Questions were addressing the following issues: impact on nuclear medicine diagnostics and therapy, use of recommendations, personal protective equipment, and organizational adaptations. The survey was available for 6 days and closed on April 20, 2020. Results 113 complete responses were recorded. Nearly all participants (97 %) report a decline of nuclear medicine diagnostic procedures. The mean reduction in the last three weeks for PET/CT, scintigraphies of bone, myocardium, lung thyroid, sentinel lymph-node are –14.4 %, –47.2 %, –47.5 %, –40.7 %, –58.4 %, and –25.2 % respectively. Furthermore, 76 % of the participants report a reduction in therapies especially for benign thyroid disease (-41.8 %) and radiosynoviorthesis (–53.8 %) while tumor therapies remained mainly stable. 48 % of the participants report a shortage of personal protective equipment. Conclusions Nuclear medicine services are notably reduced 3 weeks after the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic reached Germany, Austria and Switzerland on a large scale. We must be aware that the current crisis will also have a significant economic impact on the healthcare system. As the survey cannot adapt to daily dynamic changes in priorities, it serves as a first snapshot requiring follow-up studies and comparisons with other countries and regions.

Infectious safety of nursing staff in departments (offices) functional diagnostics in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

2020 ◽  
pp. 30-33
Author(s):  
E. V. Panina ◽  
M. V. Pugachev ◽  
A. G. Shchesiu
Keyword(s):  
Medical Care ◽  
Nursing Staff ◽  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Medical Personnel ◽  
Medical Waste ◽  
Daily Activities ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Functional Diagnostics ◽  
Prevention Of Infections ◽  
Epidemiological Situation

The article shows that in the daily activities of nursing staff of functional diagnostics departments (offices), it is necessary to strictly observe the requirements and rules for the prevention of infections associated with medical care, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. The types of personal protective equipment (PPE) of medical personnel (MP), as well as current effective methods of disinfection, rules for collecting medical waste in a complex epidemiological situation are presented.

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