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• USS Blair (DE-147)
  ...emoved and DAQ HFDF ([[High Frequency Direction Finding]], or "Huff Duff") equipment was installed. Departing Charleston on 14 November, ''Blair'' reached [[New ...es]], to transfer her commanding officer to [[USS Livermore (DD-429)]] for medical treatment. He re-embarked as the two ships were catching up with their task
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• USS Bering Strait (AVP-34)
  ...From August 17, 1944 to September 13, 1944, she conducted her [[Shakedown (testing)|shakedown]], covering areas such as ship control, communications, general ...'Bering Strait'' underwent a [[shipyard]] availability and then loaded the equipment of Rescue Squadron 3 (VH-3), which had been substituted for VH-2.
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• USS Lipan (AT-85)
  ...[New Hebrides]] and arrived [[Espiritu Santo]] on 2 October. She towed war equipment and supplies from Espiritu Santo to the new base at [[Guadalcanal]] until 2 ...uka, Japan]], on 15 July and shoved off that afternoon to deliver mail and medical supplies to [[Task force]] TF 90 in Korean waters. She called at [[Hok
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• Mercury (element)
  ...nstead of mercury. Mercury thermometers are still occasionally used in the medical field because they are more accurate than alcohol thermometers, though both ...In 2002, the [[U.S. Senate]] passed legislation to phase out the sale of [[Medical prescription|non-prescription]] mercury thermometers. In 2003, [[Washington
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• Morphine
  ...ith integral needle for immediate use. From WWII. On display at the [[Army Medical Services Museum]].]] ...thdrawal symptoms and/or recent needle marks and/or surrender of injecting equipment and/or unused drug at the intake appointment to begin the methadone mainten
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• National Centre for the Evaluation of Photoprotection
  ...culture, sports & leisures, electronics/electricity, electrical appliances,medical, packaging… ...ediction of plastic weathering. SEPAP units described elsewhere ([[weather testing of polymers]] and [[:fr:photovieillissement accéléré en SEPAP]]) provoke
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• Depleted uranium
  ...shielding in medical [[radiation therapy]] and industrial [[radiography]] equipment, and containers used to transport radioactive materials. Military uses incl The actual acute and chronic toxicity of DU is also a point of medical controversy. Multiple studies using cultured cells and laboratory rodents
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• Lubricant
  ...otecting the [[internal combustion engine]]s in motor vehicles and powered equipment. ...t]]s in use in [[frying pan]]s, in baking to prevent food sticking), bio-[[medical]] applications on humans (e.g. lubricants for [[Replacement joint|artificia
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• Iron
  ...w.gorni.eng.br/e/Gorni_SFHTHandbook.pdf| title=ASM Handbook – Mechanical Testing and Evaluation|publisher= ASM International| volume= 8| year= 2000| page= 2 ...[[stainless steel]] used for making cutlery, and hospital and food-service equipment.<ref name="Metallo"/>
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• Personal Track Safety
  ...t is also a requirement in Ireland. Any potential employee must undergo a medical and a drug and alcohol test before attending a "personal track safety" cour * Medical Certificate (expiry 10 years)
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• Confined space
  ...g the smell of L.P.G. An employee then entered the tank without any safety equipment. Shortly afterwards he collapsed. A second person then entered the tank to ...ock the sewer became caught and the employee entered the sewer to free the equipment. The clearing of the blockage produced a gush of water and release of sewer
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• Indoor air quality
  ...ilding materials can actually be a significant source of radon, but little testing is done for stone, rock or tile products brought into building sites; radon ...o avoid any conflict of interest and to insure accurate results; free mold testing offered by remediation companies is not recommended.
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• Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations
  [[Medical treatment]]s are exempt, as are injuries arising from [[road traffic accide | [[Acute illness]] requiring medical treatment or loss of consciousness, resulting from the absorption of any su
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• Carbon monoxide poisoning
  ...s by motor vehicles and other gasoline-powered tools, heaters, and cooking equipment. Exposures at 100 [[parts per million|ppm]] or greater can be dangerous to ...reducing the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood, leading to [[Hypoxia (medical)|hypoxia]]. Additionally, [[myoglobin]] and mitochondrial [[cytochrome oxid
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• Contact dermatitis
  ===Medical Care=== ...contact a [[dermatologist]] or other [[physician]] or physician assistant. Medical treatment usually consists of lotions, creams, or oral medications.
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• Laser safety
  ...s of the eye at longer wavelengths. The table below summarizes the various medical conditions caused by lasers at different wavelengths, not including injurie |title=Safety of laser products - Part 1: Equipment classification and requirements
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• Air safety
  ...civilian VOR, were also used in that new system. With the proper receiving equipment in the aircraft, pilots could know their radials in degrees to/from the VOR ...ng [[composite material]]s take to the skies, additional design effort and testing must be made before certification authorities will permit these aircraft in
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• Test and tagging
  {{mergeto|PAT Testing|discuss=Talk:PAT_Testing#Merger proposal|date=February 2010}} ...rred to as; tagging, test tag, test and tag, electrical tagging, appliance testing, portable appliance test or lead tagging.
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• Examinetics
  ...s, operates over 70 mobile screening units to provide medical surveillance testing and reporting services to US industrial and governmental companies and orga ...re providers, government agencies, and Fortune 500 companies. Kent is the Medical Director of Examinetics.
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• Occupational hygiene
  ...ssues have required the coordination over a number of years of a number of medical and para professionals in detecting and then characterizing the nature of t ...method being used and the error or variance given by using that particular equipment or method.
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