European Biosafety Network

Established in 2010, the EBN is working to improve biological and occupational safety and health for workers and patients throughout the European Union.

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We have published a new whitepaper on a critical risk in healthcare: exposure to HMPs during waste handling & disposal.

CSDDs & airtight sealing can play a critical role in preventing exposure across the entire lifecycle of HMPs.

Read more here: https://t.co/GCU0gdqm2y

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This @euronews piece by @mg_galvin highlights the crisis facing Europe’s healthcare workers.

At the EBN, we echo the @WHO's call: true healthcare safety means protecting both physical and mental wellbeing.

Safer staff = safer care.

🔗 https://t.co/Lj3wGSRrhE

#EBN #WHO

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One in three doctors and nurses in Europe face depression or anxiety, says the @WHO. Unsafe work and long hours are pushing staff to breaking point. Protecting healthcare workers means protecting everyone.

Read more:
https://t.co/ozD0Wwrh1z

#HealthcareSafety #EUHealth #EBN

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Every day, oncology nurses handle drugs that save lives but put them at risk. The EBN partnered with KOK to share guidance on safely handling cytotoxic medicines - because protecting healthcare workers saves lives too.

#Biosafety #HealthcareWorkers #OncologyNursing #EBN

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Short staffing and poor safety put healthcare workers and patients at risk.

EBN joins @EFNBrussels, @CPME_EUROPA & @PGEU backing @Europarl_EN EMPL-SANT Committees’ call for safe staffing & stronger worker protection.

More: https://t.co/HfNKflPqRC

#SafeStaffing #Biosafety #EBN

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Thanks to our partner, @EFNBrussels, for publishing our joint press release on the European Parliament’s EMPL and SANT committees report on healthcare working conditions. We call for action to implement safe staffing levels and to prevent HMPs exposure: https://t.co/1UPy6rDB1K

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Your voice can shape policy. If you’re an oncology nurse in Germany (or know one), please take part.

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🚨 NEW: The European Biosafety Network and Germany’s Oncology Nursing Association (KOK) have launched the largest-ever survey in Germany on how oncology nurses handle hazardous drugs.

https://t.co/2ns94WK55B

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🎁 Prize draw for participants! 👇

🏆 1st Prize: Ticket to the ESMO & EONS Congress in Berlin (€550)
🥈 2nd Prize: Ticket to the KOK Annual Conference (€250)
📚 3rd Prize: Onkologische Pflege textbook from Hogrefe (€80)

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At the EBN we’re proud to support Radial Change's #AIBusiness study! If you’re in work or education, please share your insights in this short, anonymous survey on AI’s impact: https://t.co/osKJzU9eVq
Let’s drive safer, smarter workplaces together.
#AIResearch #FutureOfWork

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Safety For All webinar - sign up now!

The Invisible Hazard: Tackling Surgical Smoke for Healthcare Worker and Patient Safety

📅 Date: Wednesday, 2nd April
🕛 Time: 12:00 PM (Midday, BST)
📍 Online Webinar
🎟 Register Here: https://t.co/HE8f3A5oVx

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Karen Campbell, Associate Professor in Cancer Nursing at Edinburgh Napier University and Ian Lindsley, Secretary, EBN, discuss protecting workers from contamination and exposure to hazardous medicinal products and the potential health effects, as published in @BJNursing

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EBN Secretary Ian Lindsley presents at ‘The Future of Automated Compounding’ in Łódź, Poland

https://t.co/DTIvecyIYK

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Last week the European Biosafety Network published a White Paper.

Healthcare workers will be protected from hazardous drugs by an EU law which had to be transposed by member states by today.

To read the White Paper, click the link below

https://t.co/MSO8prPcwb

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The European Biosafety Network has today published a White Paper.

Healthcare workers will be protected from hazardous drugs by an EU law which had to be transposed by member states by today.

Coverage of the publication in Social Europe linked below.

https://t.co/6q5JZEBeDk

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Establishing safe staffing in health and social care @rogalewskiadam
https://t.co/NXYu6c8pN8

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@forsa_union_ie
@theHPAI
@NAHPT

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At a Joint Summit in Dublin, Fórsa, the EBN, HPAI and NAHPT called upon the HSE to urgently update their ‘Guideline on the Safe Handling of Cytotoxic Drugs’ to include updates made to the new EU Directive and new EU guidance on handling HMPs

https://t.co/10zHRu6ICj