Sentences with phrase «safe practices such»

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Both tax professionals and individuals should practice good cyber-hygiene, such as installing anti-virus and anti-malware software, using strong passwords, and encryption data to stay safe from tax fraud.

Best practices, such as the National Fire Protection Association's Firewise USA program and California's Fire Safe, are a good start but should be expanded, based on research.

In an extraordinary interview with Animals Australia Campaign Director, Lyn White, Dr Abdelwahab bravely provides a compelling insight into why such practices are routine in his country and why in the absence of enforceable animal protection laws Australian animals will not be safe in Egypt.

Practice a combination of sun - safe measures to ensure optimum protection, such as limiting time in the sun especially between the peak hours of 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and wearing sun protective clothing such as a wide brimmed hat, sunglasses, pants and a long - sleeved shirt.

All of us involved in youth sports - from parents, to coaches, from athletic trainers to school athletic directors to the athletes themselves - have a responsibility to do what we can to make contact and collision sports safer, whether it by reducing the number of hits to the head a player receives over the course of a season (such as N.F.L. and the Ivy League are doing in limiting full - contact practices, and the Sports Legacy Institute recently proposed be considered at the youth and high school level in its Hit Count program), teaching football players how to tackle without using their head (as former pro football player Bobby Hosea has long advocated), changing the rules (as the governing body for high school hockey in Minnesota did in the aftermath of the Jack Jablonski injury or USA Hockey did in banning body checks at the Pee Wee level), or giving serious consideration to whether athletes below a certain age should be playing tackle football at all (as the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend).

Now we know that some practices of the past — such as using bumpers and drop - side cribs — are big no - no's; they're not safe for babies.

Rather than abandon bed sharing, such parents may choose to modify their sleeping environment, eliminate known hazards, and practice the safest form of bed sharing possible.

Employing wet nurses, which had been a common practice among wealthier women, became less common as wet nursing, most often performed by poor women, immigrants, and women of color, became more stigmatized, and as safer breast milk alternatives, such as sterilized condensed milk, became available.25 Instead, during this «chemical period» in infant feeding, medical authorities took charge, partially by devising complicated «percentage» formulas only they could administer as breast milk replacements.26 As Rima Apple and others have amply shown, the result was the «medicalization of motherhood,» or «scientific motherhood.»

Unfortunately, parents using a family bed do not always follow safe bed - sharing practices, such as removing pillows, sheets, and other objects that create an unsafe sleep environment for infants, according to What To Expect's website.

Although national and regional organizations can take the lead in setting the agenda regarding the safe prevention of primary cesarean delivery, such an agenda will need to be prioritized at the level of practices, hospitals, health care systems, and, of course, patients.

Thousands of deaths could be averted through a combined prevention and treatment strategy — interventions such as improved mother and child nutrition, optimal breastfeeding practices; Oral Rehydration Therapy [ORT]; new low - osmolarity formulations of ORS; incorporating rotavirus vaccines; zinc supplementation during diarrhoea episodes; immunizing all children against measles; appropriate drug therapy; increased access to safe clean water and sanitation facilities and improved personal and domestic hygiene, including keeping food and water clean and washing hands before touching food.

With all the things a parent has to keep track of, from soccer practice and doctor appointments to veggie intake and school paperwork, it is nice to know there are products out there that meet your convenience needs with safe, quality material that is free of toxins, such as flame retardants and lead.

Subsequently, by virtue of defining that an adult and infant are unable to safely sleep on the same surface together, such as what occurs during bedsharing, even when all known adverse bedsharing risk factors are absent and safe bedsharing practices involving breastfeeding mothers are followed, an infant that dies while sharing a sleeping surface with his / her mother is labeled a SUID, and not SIDS.26 In this way the infant death statistics increasingly supplement the idea that bedsharing is inherently and always hazardous and lend credence, artificially, to the belief that under no circumstance can a mother, breastfeeding or not, safely care for, or protect her infant if asleep together in a bed.27 The legitimacy of such a sweeping inference is highly problematic, we argue, in light of the fact that when careful and complete examination of death scenes, the results revealed that 99 % of bedsharing deaths could be explained by the presence of at least one and usually multiple independent risk factors for SIDS such as maternal smoking, prone infant sleep, use of alcohol and / or drugs by the bedsharing adults.28 Moreover, this new ideology is especially troubling because it leads to condemnations of bedsharing parents that border on charges of being neglectful and / or abusive.

Easy steps, such as hand washing, practicing safe sex, and avoiding certain foods, can help protect you from some infections.

It is important for health workers to work with local communities to identify and encourage safe weaning practices and to improve infants» nutrition to increase their resistance to infections such as diarrhoea.

Resources include the distribution of free condoms, the #PlaySure media campaign to encourage safe sex practices and access to treatments such as the pre-exposure and post-exposure prophylaxis medications known as PrEP and PEP.

She asked them to educate community members on practicing safe personal hygiene to prevent them from contracting diseases such as cholera.

The Wild Boar Action Plan will cover a wide range of topics such as impacts of wild boar and their management, minimum recommended firearms calibres, best practice and safe shooting and public awareness and how to react to boar in the wild.

This includes tasks such as evaluating raw materials for hazards and toxicity, developing safe - handling practices, monitoring environmental exposure, and assessing risks.

When the «green» argument was still struggling for respectability, established scientists used to assert confidently that practices such as dumping waste in the sea or allowing radioactive emissions were «safe».

«Do as I say, not as I show: Ads in parenting magazines don't always illustrate safe practices: Study finds nearly 1 in 6 ads for children's products use images that clash with American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations on potentially life - threatening issues such as infant sleep positions and choking hazards.»

By BRIAN WYNNE and SUE MAYER When the «green» argument was still struggling for respectability, established scientists used to assert confidently that practices such as dumping waste in the sea or allowing radioactive emissions were «safe».

Yoga is a relatively safe activity when practiced responsibly, especially when compared to higher impact activities such as running and contact sports.

«Consumers should use safe food - handling practices when preparing such products, including following package directions for cooking at proper temperatures; washing hands, surfaces, and utensils after contact with these types of products; avoiding cross contamination; and refrigerating products properly.»

If one pose has that kind of power, some yogis might wonder about the value of a more complete yoga practice for those with scoliosis, as well as how to approach such a practice to make it as safe and beneficial as possible.

* the appropriate use of touch and safe hands - on tools for teachers self - care practices such as massage and acupressure

In practice, the results of oral, intravenous or other routes of chelation with agents such as EDTA (ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid), DMSA (dimercaprosuccinic acid, also known as succimer), DMPS (dimercaptopropanesulfonic acid) and penicillimine are far from safe.

This is especially true when the users of social media represent either a group that has a low incidence of STDs such as the very young, married, or older individuals or a group that would tend to engage in safe sex practices since they know they are engaging in risky behavior.

If you engage your students with a variety of activities, provide personal feedback on assignments, boost your curriculum by taking advantage of the internet tools and resources, and provide safe places for formative assessments (such as practice tests), lots of visuals and a clear direction for success, your body language says: I care about you.

While many governing bodies have policies allowing staff members to transport students in specified circumstances, such as to and from sport practices or during specified medical emergencies, they would be safer, and wiser, to adopt rules preventing faculty and staff from transporting students in their own privately owned vehicles or those belonging to the boards.

At the same time, though, courts have refused to apply the defense of assumption of risk when educators failed to provide adequate supervision such as where a competitor in a track and field meet was struck by an errant discus while standing in a safe zone; a student was injured during an indoor (American) football practice when he slipped on a wet gym floor where coaches failed to provide proper supervision or after another player was injured due to the lack of supervision at a practice; coaches did not warn a student sufficiently about the dangers of diving into a pool; coaches conducted a track practice in a high school hallway that unreasonably increased a student's risk of injury; and a coach lacked enough experience to provide adequate supervision to avoid injury to a cheerleader.

Research shows that when punitive practices such as expulsion and suspension are used too frequently, schools / programs are actually less safe, have lower academic achievement and face increased dropout rates.

In 2008, an American Psychological Association task force released a literature review on zero tolerance, concluding that not only do such practices fail to make schools safer or improve student behavior, but they also actually increase the likelihood that students will act out in the future.

But safe and healthy raw and home cooked feeding can and is being done all over the world, the necessity is to have support from knowledgable people that have extensive experience in such feeding practices.

Practice in large areas, such as in your backyard, friends» yards, tennis courts, dog parks, and safe off - leash areas.

This includes hands - on gear preparation briefings (such as wetsuit fittings, weights, mask, snorkel and flippers, BCD and tank) and practice runs in the pool starting at safe depths.

Over time, Cantara says, students have come to accept safe practices, such as proper waste disposal, as the way things are done.

Artist Projects • Always at the forefront of contemporary art practice around HIV / AIDS, Visual AIDS annually produces and distributes free artist designed AIDS awareness project, including posters, stickers, safer sex kits, tote bags, and more - continuing the legacy of such iconic Visual AIDS projects as The Red Ribbon.

The fundamental premise of the regulations is A) that drinking water is highly vulnerable to such injections and B) that the practice of injection can be made safe by rigorously regulating the well construction itself.

Other adaptation options such as relocation to safer areas or flood proofing of buildings require deeper commitment of homeowners and have thus found limited applications in practice (McLeman and Smit 2006; Bichard and Kazmierczak 2012).

If anything, such knowledge can serve as an important reminder and motivation to wear a helmet and practice safe cycling techniques.

In that pursuit, programs such as NITA's Building Trial Skills, helped me learn and practice in a safe environment with seasoned professionals.

It's easy to dismiss the practice of anonymous blogging as «cowardly,» as long as one is in a relatively safe environment (such as English - speaking North America) and that situation never changes.

Motorcyclists are at a severe disadvantage when they collide with other vehicles despite safety precautions such as helmets and safe riding practices.

Wikipedia identifies these best practice standards and some select national safe harbor regulations such as those designed by the National Archives in the U.K.

Looking at the large number of clients served by online legal services companies, such as Legal Zoom, it's high time the legal profession stepped up to the plate to provide a safer alternative to online legal services companies by creating virtual law practices — whether completely web - based or as a part of a traditional firm that has made the decision to go paperless and online in addition to in - person representation.

You're probably not reading this in paper form, or via gas or candlelight, such that it is safe to assume that things in law practice are a little bit different now than they were then.

If you have a driving permit, practice driving in a safe location, such as an unused parking lot.

In addition, we offer safe driving instruction that includes best practices for operating a vehicle with the distraction of today's popular electronic devices, such as cell phones, PDAs, navigation systems, and more.

As such your baby is actually safe inside your tummy, but as a would - be mother, it is your duty to practice the best precautions possible for both your baby growing inside of you and yourself when traveling in any sort of vehicle.