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Issue 9, Fall 2005

Maximize Workplace Safety with Tips from SafetyNET
As the summer winds down, employees return from vacation and offices return to their regular schedules, it is important to think about workplace safety initiatives for the upcoming year. If your business is required to comply with OSHA standards, the American Red Cross can help you design a program that will meet, and even exceed, workplace safety and first aid training requirements. You'll find more details inside this issue of SafetyNET, along with tips on ergonomics, information about insect bites and stings, and common first aid mistakes.

10 Common First Aid Mistakes
Do you have your first aid facts straight?
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Buzz Basics: How to Treat Insect Bites and Stings
Prepare for summer pests with our guide to insect bites and stings.
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Ergonomics: How to Sit Comfortably on the Job
Relieve back pain and tension in the office with these simple tips.
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Take Simple Precautions To Help Fire-Proof Your Home
Set time aside for these simple precautions to help keep your home safe from fires.
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Visit the New Online Instructor's Corner Today! The new American Red Cross Instructor's Corner — www.redcross.org/instructorscorner — is now available for instructors to explore! Packed with a variety of resources and content to augment Red Cross health and safety courses, the site can be accessed at every instructor's own convenience. Whether they are looking for program updates, teaching tools, certificates, promotional materials or supplies, Red Cross instructors will find it all at Instructor's Corner.

RedCross.org Store
Don't forget to visit the American Red Cross online store at www.redcross.org for first aid kits, reference guides, emergency preparedness kits, and more!

Hurricane Katrina Response
The American Red Cross continues to support the victims of Hurricane Katrina. This disaster, unprecedented in Red Cross history, will utilize Red Cross resources from across the country. If you have tried to contact your local Red Cross chapter with a question or concern related to health and safety training and our response has been delayed, we truly apologize and appreciate your patience and understanding.

The American Red Cross appreciates your support. If you have not done so already, we urge you and your business to take the following steps towards assisting the Red Cross and helping to prepare your community:

Consider making a corporate donation to help support American Red Cross disaster relief efforts. Donations may be made online at www.redcross.org, by calling 1-800-HELPNOW or by contacting your local Red Cross chapter.

Information on the Red Cross response to Hurricane Katrina and other disasters is continuously updated at www.redcross.org. Provide Workplace Safety Managers and your Red Cross trained instructors with this information so that they may speak to the issues and encourage employees to get involved by volunteering, donating money or becoming a regular and frequent blood donor.

Implement workplace safety training programs in your workplace, such as Together We Prepare. By investing in emergency preparedness education, you'll help ensure that your employees will have the skills they need to respond in a disaster situation.

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