Press Release – 15 January 2006

OSH UPDATE keeps everyone informed and healthily and safe

Keeping up-to-date in worldwide occupational health, safety, hygiene, road safety, water safety, environment trends and the latest information can be time consuming. Do budget constraints not allow you to buy all the latest journals, newsletters and documents that contain the latest information? Can’t afford the time to search for the latest information, legislation and standards? No staff to search for this information? And no time yourself to spend hours searching for information?

Then do what many organisations and individuals have done recently and take out a subscription to OSH UPDATE!

This newly launched, very affordable Internet based service OSH UPDATE, from Sheila Pantry Associates Ltd is the answer for you. Powered by Head Software International’s Headfast/Discovery Internet publishing software, OSH UPDATE containing over 538,000 references is now available and is updated monthly see www.oshupdate.com

OSH UPDATE records has links to the full text where possible – this is all done for you!

It currently contains ten bibliographic databases from worldwide authoritative sources:

UK legislation database – links all the references dated from 1987 direct to the full text – i.e. majority of content of this database
UK Health and Safety Executive HSELINE – we have added over 1700 full text links to HSE’s own documents
UK Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA)
Publications from the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work we have made all the references link direct to full text
NIOSHTICS US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), strong on full text links – to their own documents and also to some journals
Canada Ryerson University RILOSH
CISDOC the International Labour Office CIS Health and Safety Centre database has many full text links especially to ILO documents and in the last couple of years
ILO Recommendations, Protocols and Conventions has all links to the full text
European Union legislation has links to full text for the majority of the references
OSH standards specifications including those from the British Standards Institution.

OSH UPDATE will expand – we are continuing to make agreements with other well-known information producers around the world and these databases will also be included. As well as the latest information, many reference sources go back 80 or more years and so a valuable tool for researchers, trainers and practitioners.

This new aggregation of databases contains thousands of relevant references with abstracts or keywords and will keep you and your colleagues alerted to hot topics such as the health risks of nanotechnology, corporate killing and corporate social responsibility, bio-terrorism, management of road risks, preparedness and business continuity and risk assessment.

The title price for a single user via the Internet is GBP250.00 / Euros 360.00 / US$ 450.00 per year – less than 68 pence/1 Euro /1.2 dollars per day

The price* (see below for further details) reflects our aim to bring health and safety guidance, Advice, research, journal articles, papers, standards to the attention of health and safety practitioners and managers, researchers, trade union safety representatives, occupational physicians, information specialists in industry, colleges and universities, government staff, inspectors, university and college safety directors, university and college lecturers and those in training – at a cost that is affordable and a service that is time efficient.

A user in Finland says “OSH UPDATE it is excellent and easy to use”.
A Hong Kong multi user group says “it is what we need to keep us up-to-date”.
A busy UK consultant says “it is very useful, and saves me a lot of time from having to search many sources elsewhere”.

Why not take a 30-DAY FREE TRIAL of OSH UPDATE and see for yourself.

If you are interested in taking up this service on trial please email/fax with your details, or contact us to ask further questions.

*Subscription for one year of OSH UPDATE

Single user GBP250.00/Euros 360.00 /US$ 450.00 per year
2 – 4 simultaneous users GBP375.00/Euros 540.00 /US$ 675.00 per year
5 – 8 simultaneous users GBP500.00/Euros 720.00 /US$ 900.00 per year
9 – 12 simultaneous users GBP750.00/Euros 1080.00 /US$ 1350.00 per year
13 – 16 simultaneous users GBP1000.00/Euros 1440.00 /US$ 1800.00 per year
if more simultaneous users are required then please ask price