IBEC Takes the Lead in Developing a Framework for Reducing Indoor Pathogen Transmission
Dear IBEC Partners and Supporters, As we continue to navigate the ongoing threat of airborne pathogens transmission in our shared indoor communities, it’s more important than ever to recognize the importance of developing consensus driven frameworks for considering how to address airborne pathogen transmission in the built environment. At IBEC, our goal is to improve…
Read MoreNew Commit To C.A.R.E. Resources Deliver Innovative Indoor Air Quality Solutions for Safer Workplaces
The Commit to C.A.R.E initiative The Integrated Bioscience and Built Environment Consortium (IBEC) and The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA), two leading organizations committed to promoting occupational and environmental health and safety, have collaborated to introduce new indoor air quality resources to enhance workplace safety from infectious diseases. The indoor air quality resources Theresources are…
Read MoreStaying Ahead of Severe GAS Infections and Other Secondary Bacterial Infections
Severe Group A Streptococcal (GAS) infections, including invasive disease (iGAS), can lead to life-threatening illness and death. CDC is looking into an increase in invasive group A strep (iGAS) infections in children in the United States, including necrotizing fasciitis and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome. Our front-line healthcare workers also report increases in iGAS…
Read MoreIndustry Leader L’Oréal Pledges to Support Commit to C.A.R.E.
Industry Leader L’Oréal Pledges to Support Commit to C.A.R.E. With health experts warning of the triple threat of the continued spread of new COVID-19 variants, flu and RSV, the need for employers to contain the spread of various infectious diseases among employees, and their communities is as important as ever. Commit To C.A.R.E.…
Read MoreC.L.E.A.N. Lessons Learned: How to protect the healthcare system from current and future pandemics
The COVID-19 pandemic caught the world off guard. Health organizations all over the globe rushed into a quick response to protect people from the threat of the airborne virus. Looking back, what changes would we have made to this response to make it more effective? With newly surging cases of COVID-19, RSV, and the flu,…
Read MoreThe CEAT: a powerful tool for infectious disease risk assessment
The CEAT is a powerful tool for infectious disease risk assessment. Keep reading to learn about its development and use. We will never forget March 11th, 2020, the day when the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. However, more important for what was to come may have been a day before, on March 10th,…
Read MoreBest ways to be safe from COVID-19 in public transport
Since the beginning of the pandemic, industrial hygienists have been researching and broadcasting the information needed to prevent the infection & spread of COVID-19. Under their advice and other scientific community areas, the world has created protocols, technologies, and strategies to mitigate the risk. Many industries have been affected by the widespread of this virus,…
Read MoreNIOSH Hierarchy of Controls for Public Transport
In our latest CLEAN Lessons Learned Session – Making Confidence Our Travel Companion: Managing the environment to reduce public transport transmission, we discussed how the NIOSH Hierarchy of Controls can be implemented in public transport safety. The NIOSH Hierarchy of Controls proposes the following control methods: Elimination. Substitution. Engineering controls. Administrative controls. PPE. Each of…
Read MoreHow to Protect first responders from the Spread of Covid-19
After the impact of COVID-19 on our society, it has become evident that one of the industries whose workers are most affected is first responders. First responders are tired, both physically and mentally. The pandemic has brought them prolonged levels of high stress and excessive emotional tension – both on and off-duty. Adding to that,…
Read MoreHow to Protect teachers and educators from the Spread of Covid-19
It’s not a surprise that one of our society’s most affected industrial sectors is the education sector. Despite the 2020-21 academic year ending better than years before thanks to ventilation efforts, outside graduation, and vaccines, it was still one of the most challenging years educators ever experienced. COVID-19 has highlighted the education industry’s preexisting opportunity…
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