In research, your most valuable resources are your people and your research projects. Laboratory safety is your number one priority and Protection of procedures and assays from contamination is vital as contamination costs time, money and credibility.

The challenges that research facilities and laboratories are facing are numerous. Did you know that:

• 4% of the world’s GDP are the total costs of work related accidents and ill-health¹

• 1.5 million euro are the additional costs per year due to contaminated blood and tissue cultures²

• More than 45,000 euro on penalties are the average cost for using the wrong type of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), violating Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and the EC directive 89/686/EEC³

• Every 1% increase in employee engagement indicates a 0.6% growth in sales⁴

• Raise the odds for those 45% of all researchers who sustain a lab-based injury* (UCLA Center for Laboratory Safety data shows 1088 researchers out of 2374 sustained an injury of some kind within a laboratory setting)⁵

Health & Safety Legislation and Good Laboratory Practices(GLP) are resulting in more stringent justification of the PPE products selection.

KIMBERLY-CLARK PROFESSIONAL* understands your challenges and can help you with a range of programs and products to achieve your objectives, reduce contamination and therefore improve your productivity and engagement.

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