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Reflective vest with logos for nurse’s work safety

The Punta de Europe Hospital in Algeciras has initiated a pilot experience with which it seeks to improve safety in the preparation and administration of medication. Wear a safety vest with logo when they are working. The initiative has emerged within the Commission on Patient Safety of the Sanitary Management Area of Campo de Gibraltar and aims to prevent nursing staff from suffering interruptions while performing tasks related to drugs.

According to the Board in a note, numerous scientific studies claim that the frequency of interruptions during the administration of drugs is associated with a higher incidence of errors.

In daily practice, some of these interruptions can be the alarm of a nutrition pump. A relative asking about the health of a patient or doubts a partner; that is to say, a series of factors that cut the nurse’s task of preparation and administration and cause that when performing two tasks at the same time increases the risk of committing errors in that nursing intervention.

For this reason, within the Patient Safety Plan of the Sanitary Management Area of the Campo de Gibraltar and more specifically in line with a safe administration of medicines, a physical barrier will be placed to mitigate interruptions in the administration process and with it to diminish the errors in the medication.

Thus, from this week, the nurses of the fourth floor of hospitalization of Internal Medicine and Grammatology will wear reflective vests while they are preparing medication, with a logo on their back in which you can read ‘Do not interrupt me. I am preparing medication.

The objective is that when the health personnel themselves, well patients and family members, identify a professional with said yellow vest, do not interrupt them, in the case of not being able to wait until the end, look for another professional of the plant that attends them. To do this, explanatory posters will be placed on the plant and information about the initiative will be offered, requesting collaboration to be carried out successfully. The practice intended to be extended to the rest of the center in the coming months, once its impact has been assessed.

Vial Police conducts awareness campaign for SLP motorists

They delivered brochures and safety accessories to motorists. The General Directorate of Municipal Public Safety (DGSPM), through the Road Police Directorate, carries out an awareness campaign for potation motorists with the aim of avoiding accidents.

This morning, elements of the women’s group of the Road Police were deployed, offering a brief talk to the drivers who were circulating along the Cordillera de Himalaya and Cordillera de los Alps, and handed out safety vest and leaflets containing recommendations to avoid accidents.

The objective is to reduce the incidence of accidents due to negligence that are foreseeable, such as the use of cell phones and the consumption of intoxicating beverages while driving. Likewise, the use of protective equipment is promoted in those who are transported on board a motorcycle or bicycle.

Likewise, some accessories and souvenirs were given to motorists, for example, cyclists and motorcyclists were given phosphorescent yellow vests to reduce the risk of being victims of an accident.

Motorcyclists from Bucaramanga must wear a safety vest

Mr. Motorcyclist: although it is true that no ensign can punish him for not wearing the reflective vest during the day, that same agent will be fine if you fail to wear such clothing during the night. The mandatory use of the reflective vest, during the night shift, is a guideline of the Ministry of Transport. In Bucaramanga, the Traffic Directorate announced that it would redouble control operations.

In fact, the Directorate of Traffic of Bucaramanga gave them last year 3 thousand 897 parts to the same number of motorcyclists who obviated such requirement. According to the Traffic Director of Bucaramanga, Rafael Horace, the authorities can require drivers and their companions to use this type of garment after 6:00 p.m.

The Ministry of Transportation, in Law 1239, stipulated at least this by which he reported those motorcyclists and their passengers are required to wear this ‘fluorescent vest‘ during the night shift. “Motorcyclists must be visible when they drive between 6:00 in the afternoon and 6:00 in the morning of the next day, regardless of whether the visibility is poor or not,” replied the Traffic Owner.

The use of that kind of vest during the night “is not something capricious, it is a preventive measure to reduce accidents.” The official statistics revealed that last year, in 324 cases of motorcyclist accidents, drivers involved in such mishaps did not wear their respective safety vests. It is worth noting that, in the Santander capital, a motorcyclist who is caught during the night without that clothing will receive a fine corresponding to 15 days of the current legal minimum wage.

Would you know how to change a wheel?

92% of drivers do not perform technical operations by themselves such as changing brake pads, the cabin filter, or changing tires. With the return of the summer holidays, many vehicles are forced to change wheels due to punctures or blowouts.

It is important to change the tire at the least sign of malfunction. At the slightest suspicion of error, it is convenient to park the vehicle in a safe place where you can check the damage and change the wheel. For this process, it is necessary: reflective vest, triangles, spare wheel, and jack, key and anti-theft screw.

The change in ten steps

Stop the vehicle in a safe place.
Use the safety vest and place the triangles 50 meters from the vehicle (about 100 steps). They must be visible at 100 meters. Take out everything you need.
Loosen the nuts and use the anti-theft screw, if necessary. If you have a hubcap or bezel, you may need a tool and it must be removed beforehand.
Place the cat in the appropriate place. The manufacturer’s manual indicates the most appropriate place to place the jack.
Lift the vehicle until the punctured wheel does not touch the ground.
Remove all the screws and remove the wheel.
Place the spare wheel.
Put the screws and tighten them by hand.
Lower the vehicle with the jack until the spare wheel touches the ground.
Tighten the screws in their entirety with the key.

Once we have our wheel positioned correctly, we must check the tire pressure.

Also, keep in mind that if it is an emergency wheel, it can only be used until a new wheel replaces it or the previous one is repaired. The maximum speed cannot exceed 80 km / h. Then take back all the safety equipments.

Recommend measures to prevent traffic accidents

On the World Day in Memory of the Victims of Traffic Accidents, the Mexican Ministry of Health recommends respecting road safety signs, speed limits, avoiding alcohol consumption, using cell phones or other devices and not driving tired.

He points out that human errors are the main cause of road mishaps, so he also calls to check vehicles before going on the road, using seat belts, restraint systems for children and motorcyclists, wearing a helmet and reflective vest.

The World Health Organization (WHO) details that each year 1.3 million lives are lost in automobile accidents, and are the main cause of death for people between 15 and 29 years of age.

Respond to emergencies in roads and highways, Police dressed safety clothing, the personnel of the 68 ambulances is in coordination with the Security Secretariat of the entity and they are linked to the Control Centers, Command, Computation , Communication and Quality (C5) of Toluca and Ecatepec to provide greater prevention and care, to reduce the risk of disability among the injured.

The police detain a man with a bulletproof safety vest

The detainee was wearing a bulletproof safety vest under his shirt. Municipal Police conducted the arrest of José Gerardo M. M., for his alleged responsibility in the commission of the crime against federal law of firearms and explosives.

The preventive agents began a strong search operation in the neighborhood Orient, after answering a call to the community number of the Police Station of the Orient District, in which they denounced that a subject dressed in black and dark complexion had in his Possession of a firearm loading on his reflective pants.

With this information they located the man at the junction of Zaragoza Boulevard and Custodial Republican avenue, in that colony, who after inspection was found in his pants a .380 caliber firearm and two magazines supplied with five useful cartridges Each one, likewise, was wearing a bulletproof vest under his reflective shirt.

In his defense the defendant mentioned that he works as a security guard of a private company, however he did not manage to accredit any permission to carry the artifacts. After reading rights, Gerardo M. M., 38 years old, was consigned before the corresponding authority for his alleged responsibility in the commission of the offense against the federal law of firearms and explosives.

He died while walking on the SE-30 without any reflective element

The man who died on Monday morning after being hit by a vehicle in the SE-30, once past the Almelo Bridge and in the municipality of Camas (Seville), was walking along the causeway when the accident occurred. It ran over and did not carry any reflective element to warn of its presence on the road.

Sources of the Civil Guard have informed Europe Press that the deceased pedestrian, between 30 and 40 years old, was walking in a zone prohibited for pedestrians and did not carry any reflective vest nor did it carry any documentation on it, so it is not yet has been able to be identified.

Thus, and according to the same sources consulted, the events took place about 6.45 hours this Monday, when the driver of a vehicle that was driving to work could not dodge the pedestrian, who died on the spot. The driver, once the fatal impact occurred, suffered an anxiety attack.

The Civil Guard of Traffic in safety clothing investigates the causes of this sinister produced in the left lane of the SE-30, at the height of the output 20B, which caused traffic retentions in the area in the first moments, although later the circulation was restored.

Only three out of ten motorcyclists use the reflective vest

The use of the reflective vest by motorcyclists has stagnated and far from being a mass security element. “A year ago we were a lot more optimistic,” Pablo, general secretary of the National Road Safety Unit, told Observer.

A national study on public road behavior that the agency will make public today revealed that the use of this mandatory device by Law 19.061 complementary to the Traffic Law does not exceed 30% nationally. In Montevideo, the indicator rises to 38%.

For the vest to affect accident rates, it should expand to at least 80% of motorcyclists.

According to the hierarch, the lack of control has influenced the adoption of its use. The Municipality of Montevideo will begin to monitor the use of vests or reflective jackets one year after the approval of the standard, although it was only regulated in April of this year. However, in a first phase, the driver will not be fined, but an observation will be imposed.

To solve this problem, Unease prepares a mass delivery of vests in conjunction with the Congress of Intend ants.

It is estimated that, in total, the motorcyclist intervenes in 40% of casualties with fatalities registered in the capital; while in the rest of the country it does it in a range of 60%. In Montevideo, there are about 300,000 registered motorbikes. 18.1% of motorcyclists killed last year were between 15 and 19 years old.

The driver gives the example

The observation study includes use of the child restraint system, safety belt, daytime running lights, helmet, and the habit of talking on the cell phone at the wheel. Idalou said that it was determined that, if the driver wears a seatbelt, 88% of the companions imitate it; but if it does not, the figure drops to 9.7%. The research was carried out in 45 points of the country, during four consecutive days. More than 46,000 vehicles (26,475 cars and trucks and 19,590 motorcycles and mopeds) and 73,000 passengers were studied.

The reflective vest is already mandatory in France

Since the beginning of the year, all motorcyclists in France (also motorcycle tourists, take note) must necessarily drive with a reflective garment stored in some compartment of the motorcycle.

Seen the headline may panic, but blood does not reach the river. In France since January 1, 2016, it is compulsory to ride a motorcycle with a reflective vest stored, so that in case of emergency you can use it.

Three years ago, France was about to adopt a law by which all motorists were required to ride on the road with a reflective vest. Finally, the protests of thousands of bikers in the streets stopped the initiative, although the French government has now returned to touch this matter with an intermediate solution.

Since the beginning of the year all motorcyclists in France (also tourists on motorbike, take note) must necessarily drive with a reflective vest stored in a compartment of the motorcycle or wherever possible, to be used in case of stopping on the shoulder breakdown or other incident.

In case of non-compliance have already planned penalties, which are 11 Euros if the police detected that the biker has not kept this item, and that will rise to 135 Euros in case the rider is stopped without wearing the item that supposedly had saved. Now, there are many jackets, shirts, … that have some reflective band, but that is not enough, you have to wear an approved emergency vest, there are several types, with two bands, with crossed bands on the back, … and colors.

This measure will be a headache for all those motorcyclists with motorcycle models not specially adapted to carry belongings with them. In addition, according to the French Federation of Motorcyclists in Cholera (FFMC) does not solve the problem arising from not being visible until the biker does not put the item in question, something less simple than in case of wearing a safety garment under the seat in a car that one can be placed comfortably before leaving the cabin.

Keep Safety in the return to school

Minors in reflective vest who go to school on foot accompanied by an adult and cross the street by pedestrian crossings enabled for it. It is advisable to take advantage of the journey to inculcate the small basic road rules, such as crossing the street always with the green light or look both ways before starting the march. Children should not run, jump or play near the roadway and must be under the supervision of an adult at all times. Most likely children will always walk on the side of the sidewalk closest to the wall, away from curbs and pay special attention to the entrance and exits of parking lots and garages. At this point, remember that you should not walk between vehicles that are parked to avoid collisions.

By bus, car, motorcycle, or bike but always with safety when the road to school is made in a private vehicle, the first advice that Emergencies Andalucía offers to the public is the use of approved car seats that are appropriate to the age and weight of the vehicle. It is imperative that the adult check that the seat belts and anchors are correctly positioned. At this point, it should be remembered that minors who are less than 1.35 in height should always travel back. Only those who have reached the age of 18 or 135 centimeters in height may use the front seat, or when all the rear seats are occupied by child seats, if an approved chair suitable for the height / weight of the child is used. Children should not travel with reflective backpacks on their backs, as this can increase the risk to the child in the event of a collision.

The security in these cases starts in the garage or parking lot: adults must mount the children in the car, fasten the seat belt, and only afterwards, start the march since carrying out reverse maneuvers with the small ones around the vehicle increases the risk of being run over.

On the other hand, from Emergencies Andalucía there is an appeal to the parents and tutors who take the children in private cars to the school door: double-row parking and stops in unlicensed places that can cause traffic situations should be avoided danger for other drivers and pedestrians.

If instead, the choice is the motorcycle as a means of transport, it must be remembered that children under seven cannot travel by motorcycle, since that age, they can do so whenever they go with parents, guardians or a person appropriately authorized adult. In all cases, they are required to wear a helmet, a safety element that must be appropriate to their size and approved.