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Health & Safety Alerts and News

All the Health & Safety Alerts and News from the H&S Teams

Updated: 14 November 2024

These alerts are only accessible to those on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ network.

To raise a new Safety Alert, contact your Safety Adviser or the Safety Advice Line.

Safety News

  • Automatic External Defibrillators

    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Academy launched a first aid training video on defibrillators - what they are, what they do, where they can be found and how to use them.
  • Bird Flu

    Outbreak of Bird Flu in Yorkshire November 2014
  • Bushfires

    Guide to keeping safe when reporting on Australian Bushfires
  • Living with Coronavirus (Covid-19)

    Advice for staff about travel and/or interviewing guests
  • Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)

    Ebola virus disease (EVD), formerly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever, is a severe, often fatal illness in humans. The virus is transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads in the human population through human-to-human transmission.
  • Health and Safety Law posters

    HSE Health and Safety law posters tell workers what they and their employers need to do in simple terms. They must be displayed on all business premises or employers must provide each of their workers with the equivalent leaflet.
  • Safety of Helmet-cams

    Have you ever mounted a mini-camera (e.g. GoPro) onto the climbing helmet of your presenter or contributor and wondered if it was safe to do so?
  • Wearing your life jacket

    Working on or near water becomes particularly popular in the Summer months. Life jackets do save lives and should be worn where there is a risk of entering the water unintentionally
  • MERS: Middle East Respiratory Syndrome

    This is a virus that is new to humans and was first identified in Saudi Arabia in 2012.
  • Mpox (monkeypox)

    2024 Deployment and WHO information
  • Zika Viral Disease

    Zika Viral Disease is a mosquito-borne disease caused by the Zika virus. In 2015, the World Health Organisation declared it a global public health emergency.

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  • Safety Advice Line: 0370 411 0464 Email: safety@bbc.co.uk

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