DuPont Sustainable Solutions (DSS) announced today that it has expanded its safety consulting offerings to include the healthcare industry in an effort to address industry challenges such as patient and staff injuries, as well as errors and incidents. DSS expertise in other high-hazard industries can help build and cultivate a strong safety culture in hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

“Our DuPont safety science experts have many years of experience building reliable safety cultures in high-risk, complex industries such as construction, mining and manufacturing,” said Mark Wagner, regional president of North America, DSS. “The healthcare industry has more staff injuries than mining and construction. In addition, it is estimated that over 100,000 patients die each year in U.S. hospitals due to medical errors.¹ There is an urgent need to expand our safety services to help protect patients and healthcare workers."