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Thursday, February 28th, 2008

White Paper Details Environmental Health & Safety Compliance Strategies for Laboratories

NEEDHAM, MASS. – February 28, 2008 – A free white paper that details three specific strategies to improve laboratory environmental health and safety (EH&S) compliance programs is now available for download at http://www.eheinc.com/labprogram.htm.

“Small and midsized companies and institutions with laboratories must manage complex environmental health and safety compliance programs, involving federal, state, and local regulations with limited resources,” said Jack McCarthy, President and co-founder of EH&E, a Needham, Mass.-based environmental services consulting firm.

In the white paper, titled “Three Proven Strategies for Upgrading Your Laboratory Environmental Health & Safety Program,” EH&E experts outline the strategies they have developed to maximize the effectiveness and the efficiency of these programs.

“Due to the complexity and ever-changing nature of research activities, laboratory EH&S programs can be extremely challenging to develop and maintain, yet are critical to the success of the company or institution they serve,” McCarthy said.

The white paper will demonstrate how laboratory managers, laboratory technicians, and EH&S directors can:

  • Improve EH&S program organization and accessibility
  • Expand the laboratory inspection program
  • Take a blended approach to laboratory safety training

Download the free white paper, “Three Proven Strategies for Upgrading Your Laboratory Environmental Heath and Safety Program,” at http://www.eheinc.com/labprogram.htm.

Or, for more information contact EH&E directly on the web at: http://www.eheinc.com/ or by phone at: 1-800-825-5343.

About EH&E
EH&E (http://www.eheinc.com/) has provided an extensive range of environmental and engineering consulting services for 20 years. Our team consists of more than 60 experts with an outstanding record of providing business-focused solutions for issues that affect the built environment. EH&E has a depth of knowledge and credibility unmatched in the industry and our wealth of readily-accessible information has become a powerful resource for our clients. Our new series of EH&E web compliance solutions is just the latest example of our continuing effort to provide this knowledge and information to a wider range of clients.

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Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

New White Paper Details Six Steps to Investigate and Prevent Laboratory Accidents

NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS – October 9, 2007 – A new, free white paper, titled “A ‘Six Step’ Process to Investigate and Prevent Laboratory Accidents,” is now available for download at: www.eheinc.com/labaccidents.htm.

Laboratories are potentially dangerous work environments, and often contain a wide variety of toxic, flammable, corrosive, or reactive compounds. Accident prevention is imperative for any proactive health and safety program and accidents themselves, while unfortunate, present an opportunity to improve the performance of the laboratory safety program.

This white paper details the six key components of an accident investigation and mitigation program that are necessary to provide improvements in the overall safety program and prevent future accidents. The steps the white paper discusses include:

  • Notification and Response
  • Site Investigation and Interviews
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • Report of Findings and Review
  • Implement Corrective Measures
  • Monitoring

The author, Kevin Coghlan, M.S., C.I.H., Director of EH&S, Compliance & Strategic Support at EH&E, a Newton, Mass. based environmental engineering and consulting firm, has over 18 years of experience in assessing, evaluating, characterizing, and solving environmental problems in laboratories.

This white paper will be applicable to all those that work in laboratories, including managers, technicians, laboratory safety directors, and environmental health and safety officers.

For more information, or to download the white paper, “A ‘Six Step’ Process to Investigate and Prevent Laboratory Accidents,” visit: www.eheinc.com/labaccidents.htm or call 1-800-825-5343.

About EH&E
EH&E (http://www.eheinc.com/) has provided an extensive range of environmental and engineering consulting services for over 18 years. Our team consists of more than 60 experts with an outstanding record of providing business-focused solutions for issues that affect the built environment. EH&E has a depth of knowledge and credibility unmatched in the industry and our wealth of readily-accessible information has become a powerful resource for our clients. Our new series of EH&E web compliance solutions is just the latest example of our continuing effort to provide this knowledge and information to a wider range of companies.

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Monday, September 10th, 2007

New White Paper Details Strategies for Biotechnology Companies to Improve EH&S Compliance

NEWTON, MASS. – September 10, 2007 – A free white paper detailing strategies to help biotechnology companies improve compliance with federal, state, and local environmental health and safety regulations is available for download at: http://www.eheinc.com/pitfalls.htm.

The white paper, titled “Environmental Health and Safety Compliance in Biotech Companies: Common Deficiencies Encountered During Audits,” is based on an analysis of numerous program audits, and offers small and mid-size biotechnology companies an opportunity to avoid costly oversights.

“All biotechnology firms are required to meet complex regulatory compliance requirements from a variety of governing sources,” said Jack McCarthy, President and co-founder of EH&E (http://www.eheinc.com/), a Newton, Mass. based environmental engineering and consulting firm. “Larger firms employ full-time professional staff to manage their responsibilities. Small and mid-size firms often cannot afford the expense or dedicate the manpower to fully meet these requirements, and are therefore more at risk of violations and sanctions.”

Compliance areas covered by the white paper include:

  • Environmental Compliance (air emissions, wastewater, and waste management)
  • Permitting and Plans
  • Employee Training
  • Biosafety
  • Occupational Health and Safety
  • General Documentation Deficiencies

Within each compliance area, the white paper details examples of the most common violations encountered during routine audits and summarizes a list of recommendations for maintaining a continual high level of compliance using limited manpower. Download the free white paper at: http://www.eheinc.com/pitfalls.htm.

For more information on EH&E visit http://www.eheinc.com/ or call 1-800-825-5343.

About EH&E
EH&E (http://www.eheinc.com/) has provided an extensive range of environmental and engineering consulting services for over 18 years. Our team consists of more than 60 experts with an outstanding record of providing business-focused solutions for issues that affect the built environment. EH&E has a depth of knowledge and credibility unmatched in the industry and our wealth of readily-accessible information has become a powerful resource for our clients. Our new series of EH&E web compliance solutions is just the latest example of our continuing effort to provide this knowledge and information to a wider range of companies.

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Monday, March 12th, 2007

Accuracy of Lucid’s In-Vivo Confocal Imaging to be Evaluated for Pigmented Lesion Diagnosis Under NCI Grant

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, USA, March 12, 2007 – Lucid, Inc. has received a $1.9 million, 3-year grant from the National Institute of Health’s (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI) to perform a large clinical study to evaluate the efficacy of its VivaScope® in-vivo confocal microscopy technology for the diagnosis of pigmented lesions.

The study is being conducted at 5 sites including: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s facilities in New York City and Long Island; the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, New York; and the Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, California. The study will involve approximately 600 patients presenting a suspicious pigmented lesion on clinical examination.

“The need for early detection is crucial to a melanoma patient’s long-term survival of this disease,” said Jay Eastman, chairman and CEO of Lucid, Inc. “This grant represents one of the steps required to bring a revolutionary medical device to the market that combines early detection capabilities with a painless, non-surgical procedure.”

Lucid’s VivaScope confocal microscopy can non-invasively image skin in-vivo with cellular resolution. This potentially permits pathologic diagnosis without the need to excise tissue. “Just as MRI and CT scans have largely eliminated the need for routine ‘exploratory surgery’, in-vivo reflectance confocal microscopy may one day eliminate the need for routine invasive skin biopsy.”

The clinical research plan is intended to demonstrate the efficacy of Lucid’s VivaScope digital imaging technology. In addition, the clinical investigators involved in the project intend to produce and submit for publication an extensive atlas of confocal images and a glossary of terms for the description of confocal images of pigmented lesions. Presently, study protocols are under development for submission to the participating medical centers’ Institutional Review Boards. The project will be completed within two years from now.

The American Cancer Society estimated that in 2006, 62,190 new cases of invasive melanoma were diagnosed in the United States, and that 7,910 deaths occurred due to the disease. According to Cancer Facts and Figures 2005, if melanoma is diagnosed and removed while the tumor is localized, the 5-year survival rate is 97.6%; however if the lesion has metastasized to either a regional or distant site, the five-year survival rate drops to 60.3% or 16.2%, respectively.

Pilot studies of the efficacy of confocal imaging for the diagnosis of melanoma, published in 2004 – 2006, demonstrated high sensitivity and specificity for VivaScope images read by a panel of diagnostic readers with relatively little training (30 to 60 minutes) in confocal image interpretation.

This new study, a comparison of confocal imaging to the “gold standard” of pathologic examination of excised tissues, will be conducted at leading U.S. clinical sites and will utilize well-trained diagnostic readers,” said Eastman. “It should produce compelling clinical data for use in the Federal regulatory approval process. We believe the project has a high probability of a positive outcome,” he said.

About Lucid, Inc.
Lucid Inc., based in Rochester, New York, is a medical device and information company dedicated to creating innovative cellular imaging technology and using the Internet to securely deliver accurate, real-time VivaScope® cellular resolution images to medical professionals. When coupled with its digital VivaNetTM system, the company’s ability to image in-vivo (living) tissue will aid medical practitioners and pathologists in skin cancer screening with clarity, speed and patient comfort. For more information, visit www.Lucid-tech.com.

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Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

EH&E Offers Free Webinar Detailing EH&S Support System for Higher Education

NEWTON, MA – February 6, 2007 – EH&E, a leading provider of health & safety and engineering consulting services, will host a free webinar titled “A Customizable EH&S Support System for Higher Education: Flexible Framework, Expert Content and Support.”

Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) programs within colleges and universities are complex and highly individualized. The large number of buildings, wide variety of design and function, and the presence of chemical and/or biological laboratories dictate a complex and record-intensive regulatory compliance program. EH&E has designed a unique new support system using a standard Microsoft platform that combines a customizable organizational structure with a complete range of expert EH&S support services and tools.

EH&S managers, facility managers, and administrators can learn how to streamline and organize college and university EH&S compliance programs during the free webinar to be held on February 13, 2007, at 1:00 p.m. EST.

The easily integrated compliance support system allows:

  • Compliance program collaboration among departments
  • Direct access to EH&S experts
  • Inventory tracking database
  • Lab inspection survey and reporting software
  • Web-based, laboratory and facility safety training

To register for this FREE webinar, visit: www.eheinc.com/news_workshops/campuswebinar.htm. For more information on EH&E and their university and college EH&S compliance systems, contact by phone: 1-800-825-5343 or on the web: www.eheinc.com.

About EH&E
EH&E (www.eheinc.com) has provided an extensive range of environmental and engineering consulting services for over 18 years. Our team consists of more than 60 experts with an outstanding record of providing business-focused solutions for issues that affect the built environment. EH&E has a depth of knowledge and credibility unmatched in the industry and our wealth of readily-accessible information has become a powerful resource for our clients.

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Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

EH&E Offers New, Free White Paper to Help Biotech Companies Improve Environmental Health and Safety Compliance

NEWTON, MASS. – January 30, 2007 – EH&E has announced the availability of a new, free white paper, “Environmental Health and Safety Compliance in Biotech Companies: Common Deficiencies Encountered During Audits,” for download at: http://www.eheinc.com/pitfalls.htm.

Biotech companies must comply with complex regulatory requirements mandated by federal, state, and local agencies. Larger firms employ full-time professional staff to manage these responsibilities. Small and mid-size firms often cannot afford the expense or dedicate the manpower to fully meet these requirements, and are at an increased risk of violations and sanctions.

The white paper provides detailed examples of the most common violations encountered during routine audits of biotech companies and summarizes a list of recommendations for maintaining a continual high level of compliance using limited manpower.

Based on an analysis of numerous EH&S program audits, the white paper offers small and mid-size biotech companies an opportunity to avoid costly oversights. Compliance areas covered by the white paper include:

  • Environmental Compliance (air emissions, wastewater, and waste
    management)
  • Permitting and Plans
  • Employee Training
  • Biosafety
  • Occupational Health and Safety
  • General Documentation Deficiencies

For more information, contact EH&E at: http://www.eheinc.com or by phone at: 1-800-825-5343.

Download the free white paper at: http://www.eheinc.com/pitfalls.htm.

About EH&E
EH&E (http://www2.blogger.com/www.eheinc.com) has provided an extensive range of environmental and engineering consulting services for over 18 years. Our team consists of more than 60 experts with an outstanding record of providing business-focused solutions for issues that affect the built environment. EH&E has a depth of knowledge and credibility unmatched in the industry and our wealth of readily-accessible information has become a powerful resource for our clients.

Our new series of EH&E web compliance solutions is just the latest example of our continuing effort to provide this information to a wider range of companies. eH&E-Biotech provides much of EH&E’s compliance expertise to smaller organizations through a web-based portal, and in a very affordable way. The solution provides a complete outline of a comprehensive EH&S compliance management program, and includes tools, databases and document templates to facilitate easy program development and maintenance.

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Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

EH&E Offers New, Free White Paper Detailing EH&S Compliance Strategies for College and Universities with Laboratories

NEWTON, MA – January 23, 2007 – EH&E, a leading provider of health and safety and engineering consulting services, has announced the availability of a new, free white paper for environmental health and safety managers in colleges and universities. The white paper, titled “Three Proven Strategies for Upgrading Your Laboratory Environmental Health & Safety Program,” details three strategies developed by EH&E staff for improving laboratory compliance programs. Small and mid-size colleges and universities with laboratories must manage complex environmental health and safety (EH&S) compliance programs involving federal, state, and local regulations with limited resources. In this new white paper, EH&E staff outline the strategies they have developed to maximize the effectiveness and the efficiency of these programs.

Download the free white paper, “Three Proven Strategies for Upgrading Your Laboratory Environmental Health & Safety Program,” at: http://www.eheinc.com/labprogram.htm.

To help colleges and universities implement these strategies, EH&E offers a unique web based solution called eH&E-Campus. Designed on a standard Microsoft platform, this new and affordable product allows unprecedented access to EH&S expertise and support. eH&E-Campus provides a complete outline of a comprehensive EH&S management program and includes tools, databases, and document templates in a completely customizable format. eH&E-Campus comes ready to support the institution’s EH&S compliance needs and can easily adapt to support specific institutional requirements or needs as required.

For more information contact EH&E directly on the web at: http://www.eheinc.com/ or by phone at: 1-800-825-5343. Download the free white paper, “Three Proven Strategies for Upgrading Your Laboratory Environmental Heath and Safety Program,” at http://www.eheinc.com/labprogram.htm.

About EH&E
EH&E has provided an extensive range of environmental and engineering consulting services for over 18 years. Our team consists of more than 60 experts with an outstanding record of providing business-focused solutions for issues that affect the built environment. EH&E has a depth of knowledge and credibility unmatched in the industry and our wealth of readily-accessible information has become a powerful resource for our clients. Our new series of EH&E web compliance solutions is just the latest example of our continuing effort to provide this knowledge and information to a wider range of clients.

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