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U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration Names ECRI Institute As New OSHA Training Center
February 25, 2008
by Barbara Kram, Editor
PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA - ECRI Institute and the Chesapeake Region Safety Council, the Mid-Atlantic Construction Safety Council, and the Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System, compose the Mid Atlantic OSHA Training Institute Education Center, one of the newly approved OSHA Training Institute (OTI) Education Centers.
The consortium will offer OSHA outreach training and employee and occupational health and safety training and education programs at locations throughout the mid-Atlantic region, including the greater Philadelphia, Allentown, Harrisburg, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Baltimore areas, as well as Ocean City, MD, and Washington, DC. Interested students should look for courses to begin in late March or early April 2008.
"Employee injury and illness rates in the mid-Atlantic region are up over the last five years," says Luke Petosa, director, ECRI Institute's Center for Education and Training. "The consortium will provide quality OSHA outreach training and education not only to promote a culture of safety, but ultimately to reduce injury and illness on the job."
The OTI Education Centers program was created in 1992 to complement the OSHA Training Institute in Arlington Heights, IL, OSHA's premier training provider. OTI Education Centers provide training nationwide to private sector and federal personnel from agencies outside OSHA. OTI Education Centers trained more than 27,000 people during 2007, representing an all-time record for the program.
ECRI Institute (formerly ECRI), a nonprofit organization, dedicates itself to bringing the discipline of applied scientific research to healthcare to uncover the best approaches to improving patient care. As pioneers in this science for nearly 40 years, ECRI Institute marries experience and independence with the objectivity of evidence-based research. ECRI Institute is designated a Collaborating Center of the World Health Organization and an Evidence-based Practice Center by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
For more information, please visit www.ecri.org.
The consortium will offer OSHA outreach training and employee and occupational health and safety training and education programs at locations throughout the mid-Atlantic region, including the greater Philadelphia, Allentown, Harrisburg, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Baltimore areas, as well as Ocean City, MD, and Washington, DC. Interested students should look for courses to begin in late March or early April 2008.
"Employee injury and illness rates in the mid-Atlantic region are up over the last five years," says Luke Petosa, director, ECRI Institute's Center for Education and Training. "The consortium will provide quality OSHA outreach training and education not only to promote a culture of safety, but ultimately to reduce injury and illness on the job."
The OTI Education Centers program was created in 1992 to complement the OSHA Training Institute in Arlington Heights, IL, OSHA's premier training provider. OTI Education Centers provide training nationwide to private sector and federal personnel from agencies outside OSHA. OTI Education Centers trained more than 27,000 people during 2007, representing an all-time record for the program.
ECRI Institute (formerly ECRI), a nonprofit organization, dedicates itself to bringing the discipline of applied scientific research to healthcare to uncover the best approaches to improving patient care. As pioneers in this science for nearly 40 years, ECRI Institute marries experience and independence with the objectivity of evidence-based research. ECRI Institute is designated a Collaborating Center of the World Health Organization and an Evidence-based Practice Center by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
For more information, please visit www.ecri.org.