MX3 Press Archive

MX3 Diagnostics Appoints Global Industry Leaders to Heat Stress Advisory Board

MX3 Diagnostics has announced the formation of the MX3 Hydration University Heat Stress Advisory Board (HSAB), an independent body of subject matter experts dedicated to advancing workplace safety and heat stress education. The Board will provide strategic guidance to MX3 Diagnostics on matters relating to heat stress management and develop independent educational content for the global industrial sector.

Dr. Rob McDonald

Occupational Physician and former Vice President of Health and Hygiene at BHP

Professor Moe Momayez

Professor at the University of Arizona’s School of Mining Engineering and Mineral Resources

Director of the University of Arizona’s Center of Excellence for Mine Safety.

Ian Firth

Principal Consultant Occupational Hygienist

Fellow of the Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists (AIOH)

David Bourne

Safety Area Manager at Byrnecut

Dr. David Lowry

Certified Occupational Hygienist and Adjunct Professor at Edith Cowan University’s School of Medical and Health Sciences

Komatsu and MX3 Clinched Safety Award for Heat Stress Management Trial

Komatsu and MX3 Diagnostics have successfully concluded their collaborative trial of the MX3 Heat Stress Management Toolkit, an innovative system designed to equip mining operators with the tools, training, and real-time insights needed to manage workforce heat risk more effectively.

MX3 Diagnostics Names Professor Mark Hargreaves as Chair of Sports Advisory Board and Launches World’s First Saliva-Based Ketone Test

MX3 Diagnostics has announced the appointment of Emeritus Professor Mark Hargreaves as Chair of its Sports Advisory Board, alongside the launch of the world’s first saliva-based ketone test, an innovative, clinically validated tool with applications in both performance monitoring and clinical care.

MX3 Strengthens Trust with Major Compliance Achievements

MX3 Diagnostics has achieved HIPAA and SOC 2 Type I compliance, reinforcing its commitment to data security and privacy through rigorous safeguards, validated systems, and industry-recognised standards that ensure sensitive health information is protected across its digital health platform.

MX3 Diagnostics’ Partner Brown & Root Wins Prestigious Safety Award and Proactively Manages Heat Stress Risk

MX3 Diagnostics’ partner Brown & Root has been awarded the Best-In-Class Award at the 38th Annual Safety Excellence Awards. The award recognises Brown & Root’s proactive approach to workforce safety and the successful use of the MX3 Hydration Testing System during large-scale field trials to monitor and reduce heat stress risk. The pilot program achieved zero heat-related incidents across the trial period.

MX3 Diagnostics Achieves Customer Milestone: 300+ Elite Sports Organizations Worldwide

MX3 Diagnostics has reached a major customer milestone, with its saliva-based hydration testing technology now used by more than 300 elite sports organisations worldwide, spanning professional, collegiate and high-performance programs to support real-time hydration assessment and athlete performance management.

Komatsu and MX3 Partner to Advance Workforce Hydration and Safety

MX3 has partnered with global mining and construction equipment leader Komatsu to support workforce safety through advanced hydration monitoring. The collaboration, featured in Resources Review, highlights how MX3’s portable saliva testing technology and innovative Heat Stress Management Toolkit is helping Komatsu proactively manage heat stress and support the wellbeing of their teams in demanding environments.

Austmine Conference – Health Analytics

Mine sites have long used urine testing to gauge how hydrated workers are but this is not always practical and is becoming less ideal with a growing female workforce. MX3 Diagnostics has developed a much more user-friendly system—a handheld saliva swab which provides an instant result as to how hydrated the worker is. The device was rolled out at Newcrest’s Telfer mine in 2020 as a trial and has since being picked up by other companies through word of mouth.

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