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Provides guidance and outlines the expectations that health services should adhere to when implementing their respiratory protection programs.

The results are in - PortaCount™ Respirator Fit Tester recognised as the 2024 winner of the Respiratory Protection: Fit Testing category at the OH&S Industrial Hygiene Awards 🏆   Read the update…

Until 12 months ago, Perth only had access to daily pollen count data, created by researchers looking at a daily sample under a microscope. But in November 2022, researchers at Curtin University installed…

Worldwide, there is a growing recognition of the significance of environmental health and the importance of air quality. Consequently, there is mounting pressure on entities responsible for emitting pollutants, such as fugitive…

National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)-funded researchers working nationally have helped to reduce the health and socioeconomic burden of pollen-related allergic respiratory diseases by improving the monitoring of airborne pollen and…

The Royal Flying Doctor Service has offered a dedicated Mask Fit Testing (or MFT) service that helps match the right size and shape protective face mask…

Did you know? 587,000 Australian workers were exposed to Respirable Crystalline Silica in the workplace in 2011, and 5,758  of them will develop lung cancer as a result of that exposure over…

Industrial Relations Minister Grace Grace has approved Queensland’s new Managing respirable crystalline silica dust exposure in construction and manufacturing of construction elements Code of Practice 2022 (PDF, 1.71 MB) The new Code is…

Victorian hospitals and health services must implement a Respiratory Protection Program including fit testing of staff to reduce the risk of…