OH & Safety

This Quebec Law Forces Employers to Keep a Safe and Well-Maintained Workplace

Labor mural in Lunette from the Family and Education series by Charles Sprague Pearce 1896 An Act respecting occupational health…

5 years ago

IQ of Quebec Children at Risk From Exposure to Lead in School and Daycare Water

Applying the new Health Canada guidelines announced this March, the figures would increase to 8.5 per cent, or 37 establishments.…

5 years ago

Smartphone App Calculates Your Risk for HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections, Locates Screening Sites, and Teaches Protection

Photo: La Afterman / Pexels The HIV / AIDS Portal with the Farha Foundation initially developed the Sexposer information tool…

5 years ago

How can doctors recognize if the patient wakes up during surgery?

Photo: Skeeze / Pixabay Researchers are only just beginning to really understand anaesthesia awareness. By David Robson Waking up during…

5 years ago

April 28 is The National Day of Mourning – Let’s not forget one minute of silence at 10 AM

April 28 Let's Not Forget Them The National Day of mourning also referred to as Workers' Memorial Day or World Day…

6 years ago

Group of doctors predicts climate change presents the greatest menace to the health of Quebecers

At a press conference on Tuesday morning in Montreal, the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment predict climate change…

6 years ago

Measles Virus Infected Employee Worked in Glen ICU, Cardiac Surgery Unit, Cardiovascular Heart Failure-Transplant Clinic

According to the McGill University Health Centre the employee infected with the measles virus worked from March 23 - 27,…

6 years ago

Possible Measles Exposure Warning Issued Sunday to Patients and Staff Concerning MUHC Glen Site

The McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) has issued a warning to patients and staff Sunday afternoon, informing them about a…

6 years ago

Increase cancer risk associated with textured breast implants – Quebec issues warning

Photo: Efes / Pixabay Health Canada reported in February an increase in the number of cases of anaplastic large cell…

6 years ago

New international study reveals cannabis use in adolescence could increase depression and suicidal risk

Photo: Pixabay A study by a team of scientists at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) and McGill…

6 years ago

Oh that smell – MUHC is battling a sewage problem

Oh that smell ! The facilities are ultra-modern, the staff is recognized for their cutting edge expertise, but since its…

9 years ago

RVH White Ribbon campaign commemorates 25th anniversary of polytechnique massacre

White Ribbon campaign at the RVH on December 5th to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the December 6th Polytechnique massacre.…

10 years ago

Three Important Points Staff Should Know Regarding Work Accidents and Incidents

  All accidents/incidents should be reported, including violence, harassment, dangerous working conditions, damaged equipment ... Although an incident report should…

11 years ago

MUHC Safety Shoe Procedure: Who gets them? When and How?

All images from Chaplin films made from 1918 onwards, Copyright © Roy Export Company Establishment. Charles Chaplin and the Little…

12 years ago

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