2012

Foodborne illness is a very real threat, especially to certain sections of the population, which is why the Food and Drug Administration and the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service have unveiled six booklets designed to educate at-risk demographics on food safety.  The booklets targets such imperiled persons as pregnant women, recipients of transplants, the… read more

A component of an intravenous medication delivery system is being recalled by CareFusion due to an error that could impede swift delivery of medicine to a patient.  The Alaris electronic infusion pump is the system in question, and the faulty component is the PC unit with a model number of 8015.  An error code reading… read more

19 Vision school buses of the 2013 model year are being recalled by Blue Bird because of a potentially missing component.  The missing component is a certain electronic module that kicks on an indicator light on the dash when the hydraulic brake system loses pressure.  If a bus experiences a loss of pressure, yet the… read more

223 Hampton travel trailers of the 2010 and 2011 model years have been recalled by Crossroads.  Each of the recalled trailers contains a furnace from Atwood Mobile Products.  The defect rests with this component, which has a gas control valve that can become stuck and allow gas to leak out and potentially catch fire should… read more

A recall has been announced by Ken’s Foods on a variety of sauces and dressings because each of the items uses Gills Onions as an ingredient, and those onions might be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.  Affected items include Fatz Tartar Sauce, Golden Corral Tartar Sauce, Ken’s Tartar Sauce, Lee’s Cole Slaw Dressing, and Dickey’s BBQ… read more

A wide variety of antiseptic wipes and benzalkonium chloride swabs have been recalled by the DUKAL Corporation.  These swabs and wipes could be contaminated with a microbe called Burkholderia cepacia.  Healthy people should not feel any ill effects due to this contamination, and indeed there have yet to be illness reports, but people with compromised… read more

In this digital age, scams have grown increasingly high-tech and complex, seeming to evolve at the same rate as communication technology.  Because you never quite know what form a threat to your financial security is going to take, it’s more important than ever to be prepared to identify scams and know what to do if… read more

A week from Saturday, the city of Parma, Ohio will be the site of a Bicycle Safety Day hosted by Cuyahoga Community College.  The event, which will take place on the college’s Western Campus, will see instructors teaching children proper bike safety techniques.  Helmets will be given away and kids can learn how to tell… read more

From Southwestern Law School Alumni News – Robert Glassman, an attorney with the plaintiffs law firm of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP, takes a moment from his busy practice to answer a few questions about his journey from law school to law practice and why he continues to support Southwestern as a member of… read more

A recent tragedy in which an individual on a bicycle was killed has cast a light on bike collisions in Berkeley, California.  The city has an 8% bicycle commuter rate among residents, one of the highest such in the entire country, with an attendant 819 bike crashes between 2005 and 2010.  Bicycle boulevards have been… read more

The Children’s of Alabama Patient Safety Educator is offering tips designed to keep children safe when they ride their bicycles.  The first tip, not surprisingly, advised all members of the family to wear helmets, as doing so greatly reduces the risk of an injury.  The helmets should fit appropriately in order to gain the most… read more

Motorcycle accidents in the United Kingdom county of Devon have decreased, and some credit new signs as the reason for the decline in crash rates.  Signs reading BIKER IN YOUR BLINDSPOT? and THINK BIKE have been placed at key places along local roads, and they seem to have had a positive impact.  Between 2010 and… read more