Working in extreme temperature,an extract from the law..
Thermal requirements: Employers have a duty under the Environment Regulation for workplaces of 1987 Section 2 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act to take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of [...]
Newsflash: Ebola in semen
Guinea: Ebola viral RNA in semen A study of Ebola virus disease survivors in Guinea has added to previous evidence that the virus can persist for as long as 9 months in the semen of [...]
Annexure 3 Document (Free Download)
Construction Annexure 3 As per the new Construction Regulations of 2014. It is vital for all construction companies to complete Annexure 3 before sending their employees for their certificates of fitness. The information on the [...]
Workplace Skin Surveillance
HSP Group SA offers 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 [...]
Measles: Africa (Liberia, Chad)
Travel Alert Measels: Africa (Liberia , Chad) A measles statistic on countries in Central and West Africa has placed Liberia and Chad on top of the epidemic death toll. Spread through coughing or [...]
Spirometry Testing (Lung-function test) in the workplace
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 [...]
What is Biological Monitoring?
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 [...]
Cold vs Flu..what does the Doctor say
From the Doctor’s desk… What is A COLD? The “common cold”, is a highly contagious, viral infectious disease of the upper respiratory system (throat and nose etc.)The disease is generally mild and self-limiting. Patients [...]