Every time we go to the bathroom, we are presented with blue signs reminding us to wash our hands.  However, it seems that these signs have become faded into the background and people have started to not notice them, or ignore them all together! Washing your hands after you have been to the bathroom and before you prepare food will kill any viruses you may be carrying and eliminate the risk of infection or contamination. A lesson that Raigmore hospital in inverness is hoping to teach their patients and visitors.

Raigmore hospital has arranged demonstrations on hand hygiene as the hospital has had multiple outbreaks of the Norovirus. Noroviruses are a group of viruses that cause inflammation of the stomach and large intestine lining.  If you have contracted a norovirus you may experience flu type symptoms, such as, a low-grade fever, Chills, Headaches, muscle aches and fatigue.  Norovirous can be controlled simply by washing your hands. Doctors at Raigmore hospital are hopeing that their demonstrations will help to “re-educate” patients and visitors on how to keep their hands clean.

Unfortunatley you cannot force someone to wash their hands, using signs can work to gently remind people to wash their hands, for these signs to work effectively please ensure you have placed them in a location where people will notice them and take action.

Here at label source, we supply a huge range of mandatory hand washing signs, ideal for companies to use in their bathrooms, food preparation area or hospitals. If you can can’t find the exact sign you require, feel free to get in touch! 

At the inaugural Construction Health Summit held in London on January 21^st 2016 construction giants will discuss possible ways to improve the current industry standards, after shocking statistics were released showing that workers are 100 times more likely to die from occupational diseases than accidents in the work place.

In the construction industry, 40% of deaths are cancer related, with 70% of these cases caused by exposure to the deadly material, asbestos.

The institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) are currently running “No Time to Lose” Campaign, raising awareness about occupational diseases. Currently over 60 construction companies worldwide, are supporting the campaign and have pledged to improve their practises to reduce their workers exposure to hazardous materials.

Other topics discussed at the summit will include; what can be done to limit other causes of ill health caused by working in hazardous environments, such as breathing in dust and diesel fumes, and ill health caused by working around loud noises.

Research suggests that most of work related illnesses are preventable, and that employees need to ensure that employees are taking the correct safety precautions and wearing the correct Personal Protective Equipment to protect themselves and prevent contracting a potentially life threatening illnesses.

As an employer, is it your responsibility to ensure that you employees are informed about the potential hazards that they are working around. This can be achieved by clearly labelling any areas that could contain asbestos or by using mandatory safety signs. Here at label source we are proud of stocking and supplying a fully comprehensive range of Mandatory Signs and asbestos warning signs, labels and tapes to a large number of UK Businesses.

Click here to view our full range of Mandatory and Asbestos safety signs. 

Personal protection safety products are required under a wide range of health and safety regulations and guidelines. The objective is to create a safe working environment, and to prevent, wherever possible, accidents to the workforce. Our signs for the mandatory use of such safety equipment, includes protection to the body, head, eyes, ears, hands and feet, and emphasise the need to use the equipment as instructed.

Here at Label Source we want to ensure that you are kept safe when operating equipment at work, or if working in potentially dangerous environments, such as working at heights, confined spaces or in explosive atmospheres, to name but a few.

Our range of body protection mandatory safety signs promote the use of specialist clothing as protection from contact with chemicals, electricity, damage from hot or cold temperatures, or for reasons of hygiene. These signs act as a reminder to staff to wear the provided protective clothing, such as high visibility jackets, life jackets, lab coats and aprons.

Label Source also provides a range of signs informing people to wear head protection. These signs are used to inform and remind workers to wear helmets, hair nets and hard hats, protecting them against injury from falling objects, overhead obstacles, or hair entanglement.

Our range of foot and hand protection are available to inform workers to wear hand and foot protection, preventing any hazards including wet conditions, slippery surfaces, cuts and punctures, chemical spillages, electric shocks, infections, and contamination. This range includes signs reminding people to wear gloves, disposable gloves, boots, and anti-statics footwear.

Our final range of personal protection is to ensure the safety from eye and ear damage. Eye protection signs are used to inform and remind workers to wear protection against any potential hazards including, spillages, dust, radiation and gas and vapour release. This range covers, face shields, opaque eye protection, welding mask, glasses and googles. Ear protection, protects workers from loud or excessive noises such as use of machinery, transport or explosions. These signs remind workers to wear ear protection for your safety.

For our wide range of personal protection safety signs click here. Ensure that all your workers are kept safe by displaying these signs in and around the workplace. 

If you need to identify the risks and dangers in operating workplace machinery, to comply with your duty of care, then look no further. Label Source has developed a comprehensive range of health and safety signs and labels, to clearly warn workers of potential risks in operating on, or near, industrial plant, tooling, and machines, or when cleaning, oiling, servicing or during maintenance.

These safety signs and labels create awareness of risks of accidents or injuries from dangerous machinery use. These can include pinch or nip, punch, cut, wrap, crush or entanglement injuries, or accidents from sparks, and flying or falling objects. Injuries can be sustained to head, eyes, body, hands or feet, and can range in severity from minor cuts, scrapes and grazes to broken limbs, loss of eyesight, amputations, asphyxiation and even death.

Much industrial equipment and conveyors have a range of moving parts, including pulley drives, cogwheels, gears and sprockets, rotating cutters or blades, and a variety of exposed screws, keys and bolts, which can cause damage on contact with skin, or entanglement with clothing, jewellery and long hair.

Our signs clearly warn of these dangers, with associated prohibition activities (such as removal of safety guards), the use of necessary personal protective equipment (gloves, glasses, face shields, protective footwear etc.) when operating such machinery, and safety aids, such as eye wash, first aid and emergency showers.

All these health and safety signs and labels comply with the latest standards (ISO EN 7010) for graphics, colours and layouts, and to the Safety Signs and Signals Regulations 1996. These can assist in complying with the Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1974, the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998, and the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998.