covid work Articles
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Is your training management software ready for the post-COVID work environment?
The pandemic has compelled almost every business to reboot the way they used to work. The change of processes is often overwhelming. However, many companies have realized the surprising benefits of adopting new practices and technologies to streamline their quality processes. Also, there is a significant drift in demand for cloud-based solutions, especially for managing critical business ...
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Breaking Down Barriers to Communication
Audiologists everywhere are hearing from their patients how difficult communication is during COVID-19 as medical experts and public health officials continue to encourage mask usage. Wearing masks is so commonplace; many have resorted to fabric, reusable masks; you may have seen several “transparent” type masks that allow for visual communication, specifically ...
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Working Together in the ‘New Normal’
There’s a lot of uncertainty at the moment. How long will this COVID-19 situation go for? How long will this remote working arrangement last? How will we proceed afterwards? Times of uncertainty requires a balance of careful analysis and decisive action. That’s because - if left unchecked - uncertainty can consume ongoing mindshare which can, in turn, lead to inactivity. ...
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The 13 Biggest Small Business Technology Stories Of 2020
One of the best things small businesses can do is learn from the past to improve the future. And there are many lessons to be taken from 2020! Here is an insightful overview of some of the top SMB technology stories to peruse for some takeaways. Every week I round up the five most important technology stories for small businesses and give an explanation of why. This week, I’ve selected the ...
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Is Your Permit to Work System Ready for COVID-19?
COVID-19 has forced some major workplace safety changes. Now Health and Safety personnel need to ask: does everyone doing work onsite understand these measures? The difference between ‘yes’ and ‘no’ involves a well-considered permit to work system. A formal permit to work (PTW) system documents what work is happening, when and where. A workflow tracks permits from issue ...
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Wellbeing Resources at Your Fingertips
In Today’s Uncertain World One Thing Remains Clear: Whether Working From Home or Going Back to the Office - You Need to Keep Taking Care of Yourself We were told that July was going to be the new January, with most people who are currently working from home, being able to return to their offices by then. Now, some companies are pushing that out to September or, more vaguely, ‘Autumn ...
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Powering Data Centers Through COVID-19 and Other Challenges - ASCO Power Technologies
ASCO Power TechnologiesData centers enable us to accomplish different tasks, from enabling smart home capabilities to making virtual calls possible. Their failure has significant impacts on productivity and our daily lives. Data center professionals are dedicated to ensuring that this industry has the power it needs to continue functioning. Gary Russinko, a Principal at kW Mission Critical ...
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Can digital care improve mental health?
With a mental health crisis looming, Canadians look to digital solutions Here we are, in 2021, more than a year after the start of a pandemic that nobody could have predicted. With concerns over vaccines, travel bubbles and COVID-19 variants, it almost makes sense that our collective mental health seems to be deteriorating. Reports seem to be rolling in almost daily about workers’ mental ...
By Cority
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Fameco: our work during the Covid-19 pandemia
Fameco’s work to help Hospitals During the Covid-19 pandemia that is now a worldwide issue, Fameco’s work is essential in the fight against the virus : In these troubled times, the entire world is now focused on medical equipment and especially on the ventilators. Indeed, the lack of such instruments is one of the reasons why hospitals across the world now have to make a difficult ...
By Fameco
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Airborne SARS CoV-2 detection allows for adaptive mitigation of virus - Case Stduy
The University of Maryland, Baltimore County uses Smiths Detection’s Bioflash Biological Identifier to help confirm presence of virus in the air allowing for real time response to covid-19. Stop the Spread of Covid-19 At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Smiths Detection’s team based at its Biotechnology Center of Excellence in Baltimore, MD, began developing a new capability to ...
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How can Nuvonis help to fight the SARS-CoV-2 pandemics?
At the end of the year 2019, a cluster of severe pneumonia of unknown cause was described in Wuhan (Eastern China) and a SARS-like acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) was noted in these patients. Early in January 2020, sequencing revealed a novel coronavirus (now termed SARS-CoV-2) as the causal factor for the disease designated as COVID-19. The pandemic caused by the virus has unforeseen ...
By Nuvonis
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COVID-19 Disease Testing; Utilising Fluorescence During a Pandemic
While the world continues to endure loss and hardship due to the outbreak of COVID-19, caused by a novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), researchers are scrambling to provide test kits that are accurate, fast, sensitive, and widely available, especially as symptoms vary broadly and may not appear for days if at all. To this end, several diagnostic methods have been ...
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The race to a vaccine - unintended consequences?
A gold rush is on to find a vaccine for COVID-19. According to the World Health Association (WHO) in early May, there are more than 100 projects around the world centered on the development of a vaccine for the coronavirus. Eight candidate vaccines are already being tested in people in clinical trials. Once an effective vaccine (or vaccines) has been identified, it will need to be produced ...
By Vistex Inc
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Cost of COVID-19 Testing and Treatment: 3 Things to Be Aware of
Nearly 9 million people in the United States have contracted the coronavirus. It seems like now, more than ever, Americans are concerned with their health and the health of their neighbors. The information regarding testing and the treatment of this virus is updated on a regular basis. This means that the previous treatments used for this virus may not be as effective as once thought. In this ...
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High prevalence of psychological distress among healthcare workers during pandemic
Doctors more likely to experience depression while anxiety more common among Nurses A study by a team of researchers from the University of Wollongong (UOW), St George Hospital and the Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute (IHMRI) has found a high prevalence of anxiety and depression among healthcare workers around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic. The researchers found that ...
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Same-Day COVID Testing for Travelers
In light of the Delta variant, Mu variant, and breakthrough cases in vaccinated individuals, COVID-19 still presents a challenge for travelers. Requirements change quickly and vary by country or region. One of the biggest challenges is making sure travelers can be tested and receive test results quickly enough, since the longer someone has to wait for test results, the longer they have to isolate ...
By IGeneX
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Air Delivery of Super-Cooled COVID-19 Vaccines
There are several potential COVID-19 vaccines that may soon be available for widespread distribution. In particular, the United Kingdom has recently approved Pfizer’s vaccine, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is considering extending Emergency Use Authorization to the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. That is certainly promising news, but storage, transportation, and delivery of these ...
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COVID-19: 7 Safety Questions to ask before the return to work
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is a threat that’s here to stay. It has become clear that despite lifting some of the stricter rules, nothing will be quite the same as before. Until a more permanent solution is available, we will have to adapt the way we operate before we can return to work. Several weeks into “lockdown”, some countries have started easing ...
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