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Are you wearing the right safety goggles? It’s important for use around lasers and can also protect you from the spread of COVID-19 through the eye’s mucous [...]

Do your employees work with Class 3b or 4 lasers? If so, your Laser Safety Officer (LSO) should have a checklist with each laser showing what controls […]

Laser skin resurfacing offers the promise of youth. As we age, our skin loses collagen and doctors have a weapon to battle this. Using a CO2 laser, […]

The Laser Safety Officer (LSO) is responsible for identifying the classification of equipment in the lab or work space.  If there is a laser system that is […]

What is the difference between laser engraving and laser etching? Aren’t they interchangeable? The answer is no, they are very different processes since engraving is a physical [...]

New non-invasive laser therapies are being used for our pets. Often called red-light therapy, cold laser therapy, low-level laser therapy or photobiomodulation, these treatments are being used […]

The Cosmetic Laser Safety Officer (LSO) is chosen by the employer and charged with implementing all the hazard controls, monitoring the adherence to the procedural controls, and [...]

All lasers must be labeled from the manufacturer with a hazard classification.  If the laser is custom or modified, it must be reclassified.  The Laser Safety Officer […]

Lasers have transformed the way medical procedures are done.  Cosmetic procedures, vision correction, teeth whitening, surgery and tattoo removal have all benefited from the use of a [...]