Your Guide to Selecting the Right Laser Safety Standard As more and more workplaces in the United States begin to implement laser technology, the need to stay on the leading edge of laser safety updates becomes more important. Laser Safety Officers (LSOs) know that the best way to stay informed about laser safety standards and […]
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Learning from Laser Safety Incident in the Medical Setting
By Jodi Ploquin and Elizabeth Krivonosov In the words of Sidney Dekker, an expert in learning from adverse events, “the key to an investigation is not to point out where people went wrong, but to understand how their assessments and actions made sense inside that situation at the time.”1 As the laser safety officer, key […]
Train Employees Easily & Effectively with LIA’s Updated Mastering Light: An Introduction to Laser Safety & Hazards Video
Orlando, FL (Jan. 20, 2016) – With the ever-increasing number of laser end-users, companies are continuously looking to implement cost-effective and efficient laser safety programs for new and current employees. In an effort to offer Laser Safety Officers (LSOs) the best training tools available, Laser Institute of America (LIA) has updated its 2009 Mastering Light: An […]
ANSI Z136.6 Safe Use of Lasers Outdoors is Now Available!
Orlando, FL (Jan. 5, 2016) – After ten years, the long awaited revision of the ANSI Z136.6 Safe Use of Lasers Outdoors is here! This standard, now available for purchase, sees updates to nearly the entire document – expanding and modernizing the established topics and sections. The 2015 revision of the ANSI Z136.6 Safe Use of […]
The $30 Million Airway Fire And The Wisdom of Certifying Medical Laser Safety Officers
If there’s one image that stays with you after the International Laser Safety Conference, it’s an image of the blowtorch effect caused by a laser striking an oxygen-filled endotracheal tube. Another powerful visual is imagining a concerned — and empowered — laser safety officer walking away from a potentially dangerous operating room situation if a […]