HONcode verification for HandS

HandS Health and Safety Resources has been granted a valid and official HONcode certificate of accreditation by the HON Foundation.  The HON Foundation is a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), internationally known for its pioneering work in the field of health information ethics, notably for the establishment of its code of ethical conduct, the HONcode.

HONcode is the oldest and the most used ethical and trustworthy code for medical and health related information available on Internet.The HONcode is designed for two target audiences: the general public and the web publisher, actively involving the site owner in the process of accreditation.

The HONcode aims to raise the quality of healthcare information available on the Net. It is a voluntary certification system based on an “active seal” concept. While primarily intended for healthcare site developers and publishers, the blue-and-red HONcode seal on subscribing sites also helps users identify sources of reliable information. It addresses, among other things, the authority of the information provided, data confidentiality and privacy, proper attribution of sources, transparency of financial sponsorship and the importance of clearly separating advertising from editorial content.

See: http://www.hon.ch/HONcode/

HandS Verification: HERE

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Clipart Section updated…

The Health & Safety Clipart page is updated today, with a series of thumbnail contact sheets of downloadable clipart on a variety of topics. The clipart images on these pages can be used free of charge. Much of this clipart comes from government and public websites that provide clip art and photos, free of copyright. The images are sorted according to the subject of the image and the name of the file generally reflects the content of the file. Unfortunately, the quality is generally a bit mediocre, but much of it is usable. Click on Clipart to see the new additions.

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August site update…

The HandS homepage is updated for August. Some dead links have been removed and other links have been updated with new urls.  Links to two behavioural safety sites are added.  One of those is provided by the HSE.  The other, while a commercial site, deserves a link by virtue of it’s large, free library of articles on behavioural safety and the provision of a number of good resources and book lists for further research on the subject.  The link to the British Standards list has also been repaired.

The Musculo-Skeletal Disorders/Hand-Arm Vibration page is also updated with a few new links.  This section will be helpful to anyone with an interest in repetitive strain injury, carpal tunnel syndrome, vibration, or the hazardous effects of hand-held power tools, manual handling or office work.

Searches on the site will be fresh, as a re-indexing of the 132 pages of HandS has been completed.  (For the best results in your searches, please make sure that you are spelling your words correctly!  Near-misses and British and American spellings will work, but you want to get pretty close to the correct spelling of a word. The search facility won’t ask you ‘Did you mean?’, like Google does!)

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