What are the dangers of black water in the home? Black water is a hazardous form of domestic water ingress into a property (classed as Category 3, with clean water being Category 1 and grey water Category 2). It...
(Reading time 5 minutes) Biological hazards in secure custody environments range from small-scale contaminants, such as blood smears on a booking desk, to the large-scale fouling encountered during dirty protests. They pose an extreme and legally accountable risk to...
What is a dirty protest, and why do people do it? Prison staff and police officers managing detainees in custodial suites face challenging tasks, but they also encounter an often-overlooked hazard: the dirty protest. A “dirty protest” is the...
Common locations for discarded needles Stereotypical locations such as alleys and underpasses are not the only ones that can be blighted by discarded needles and drug paraphernalia. Public spaces, such as car parks, public toilets and even residential streets...
“People think it’s just blood and guts, but it’s not like that at all,” says Karen Murray, an Area Operations Manager at Rentokil Specialist Hygiene with 17 years of experience in the field. “It’s about helping people in their...