The first death from cholera has been confirmed in the cyclone-hit port city of Beira, with cases of the disease almost doubling in Mozambique in the past 24 hours, health officials say.
Cyclone Idai, which hit on 14 March, caused massive flooding and killed more than 700 people across southern Africa.
More than 500 cases of cholera […]
HSP Group SA offers on site flu vaccines to reduce your down time at your company.
This year’s seasonal vaccine will offer protection against the following strains:
A/MICHIGAN/45/2015 (H1N1)PMD09 – Like Virus
A/SINGAPORE/INFIMH-16-0019/2016 (H3N2) – Like Virus
B/PHUKET/3073/2013 – Like Virus
Please note the following:
Mileage charged for delivery from our Kempton Park offices at R 8.00 […]
An update about the Ebola outbreak in DRC.
It’s been 8 months since the start of the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). By the beginning of April , almost 700 people have succumbed to the disease, making this the 2nd worst Ebola outbreak ever recorded. It’s second only to the West […]
HSP Group SA Occupational Health skin checks, as with all HSP’s other Medical Surveillance and Medical Screening services, our skin checking service is very convenient, simple to engage and causes minimal disruption with the medical review taking only 10 – 15 minutes per employee
On-site, we only need the use of a convenient room near to […]
Thermal requirements:
1) Subject to the provisions of subregulation (2), no employer shall require or permit an employee to work in an environment in which the time-weighted average dry-bulb temperature taken over a period of four hours is less than 6°C, unless the employer takes reasonable measures to protect such employee against the cold and further […]
HSP Group Occupational Health offers on-site Spirometry testing or, as it is more often called, lung-function testing service. As with all HSP’s other Medical Surveillance services, our Spirometry tests are very convenient, simple to engage and cause minimal disruption; with each lung-function test only taking 10 – 15 minutes per person.
We only need the use […]
Prostate cancer, what you need to know. Just like you check your car’s’ tyre PRESSURE, oil, and brake fluid,you have to check your prostate regularly.
About 300 000 men will die from this cancer in 2017!
Prostate cancer is the most common male cancer globally however, few studies have been done in Africa regarding this.
What is a Prostate?
The […]
In the Occupational Health & Safety Act no.85 of 1993, reference is made to ‘medical surveillance’ and is defined as a planned programme of periodic examination (which may include clinical examinations, biological monitoring or medical tests) of employees by an Occupational Health Practitioner or, in prescribed cases, by an Occupational Medical Practitioner.
In addition to the […]
What your employee does in his private life CAN influence what happens at work!
It is against the law to be high at work. It is illegal to do anything that will threaten the physical wellbeing of an individual or material property. No one should be permitted to do this at work as the potential impact […]
Definition according to The Occupational Health and Safety Act no. 85 of 1993: “Biological Monitoring means a planned programme of periodic collection and analysis of body fluid, tissues, etc. or exhaled air in order to detect and quantify the exposure to or absorption of any substance or organism by persons.”
So, in other words… A company […]
