patient radiation safety and risk

... and the Safety and Justice Program in RAND Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment The mission of RAND Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment is to improve the development, operation, use, and ... SAFETY AND JUSTICE PROGRAM and the GLOBAL RISK AND SECURITY CENTER This research was conducted jointly under the auspices of the Safety and Justice Program within R AND Infrastructure, Safety, and ... the Safety and Justice Program addresses issues of occupational safety, transportation safety, food safety, and public safety including violence, policing, corrections, substance abuse, and public...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 14:21

... National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is very pleased to have made possible this report conveying community views of health and safety risks and the personal protective needs ... 89 Risk Assessment 89 PPT Identification and Evaluation 90 Standards and Certification 92 Logistics 94 Storage, Transportation, and Outfitting 94 Maintenance and Reliability ... environmental monitoring and communications equipment, and practices and protocols that focus on safety This report addresses the safety of emergency responders by examining the hazards and personal protection...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 15:20

... Radiation threats and your safety A guide to Preparation and REsponse for Professionals and Community Radiation threats and your safety A guide to Preparation and REsponse for Professionals and ... Part One • Understanding Radiation Introduction Radiation in Everyday Life Radiation 101 23 Part Two • The Impact of Radiation Accidental Radiation Emergencies 47 Intentional Radiation Emergencies ... Also, numerous fact sheets and information pages on radiation and radioactivity, radiation drugs, and other emergency response issues can be found on governmental and nongovernmental Web sites...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 02:20

... human beings to RF radiation Part Incidents and accidents relating to RF exposure 47 47 78 The development of standards for human safety Part Basic concepts of RF safety standards and guides for ... (UVc) spectrum The 14 RF and Microwave Radiation Safety Handbook Figure 1.8 Radiation wavelengths relative to 300 GHz (WHO) highest RF frequency used in standards for RF safety is 300 GHz which ... 11 Designing to reduce radiation hazards 366 12 Radio frequency radiation safety management and training 392 Appendix Useful data and relationships 413 Appendix Technical and organisation abbreviations...

Ngày tải lên: 18/04/2014, 12:27

... Coping with risk: how to ensure the health and safety of people at work Introduction The cost of safety and reliability The occupational safety and health management system Education and training ... risk management of safety and dependability Risk management process Amend as required Identify hazards Report Risk assessment Monitor and audit Risk evaluation Consider options Review codes and ... The risk management of safety and dependability © Woodhead Publishing Limited, 2010 The risk management of safety and dependability A guide for directors, managers and engineers W...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 12:20

... health, safety and welfare at work of all their employees To provide and maintain safe plant and equipment and ensure the safe handling and use of substances To provide a health and safety policy ... management of safety and dependability also be necessary for them to manage and invest in the control of risk to health and safety that could exist in their business Historically the health and safety ... follows: • • A risk assessment must be carried out and the essential health and safety requirements met by good design and the provision of guards and safety devices Operating and maintenance...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 12:20

... business risk For industry the risks to health and safety that are between a thousand and one in a million are only tolerable if they are shown to be ALARP.4 However, if a disaster occurs and it ... take enormous risks Societal risk, what is acceptable depends on public opinion Business risk, the possible loss of capital assets is often overlooked ALARP risk, to health and safety, often ... apply FMEA have been demonstrated A method of risk ranking to qualify risk has been © Woodhead Publishing Limited, 2010 118 The risk management of safety and dependability provided These methods have...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 12:20

... design and development of a product for sale poses commercial risks and the risk of criminal litigation It must be fit for purpose and not affect the health and safety of people who use and maintain ... a fire according to smoke, heat and radiation They must be selected and positioned according to the type of fire and flammable material at risk The principal types and their features are given in ... hazard of fire and explosion cannot be avoided However, the risk of fire and explosion will be specific to particular process areas Risk control has to be considered at the start of design and the layout...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 12:20

... Asset integrity: learning about the cause and symptoms of age and decay and the need for maintenance to avoid catastrophic failures Abstract: The safety and reliability of any facility is an asset ... 194 • • • • • The risk management of safety and dependability Pressure vessels and boilers are subject to the need for regulatory inspections Some plants manufacture to stock and, when sufficient ... are as a result of overwork, wear and tear and over-ageing factors They will unexpectedly occur and result in disaster and mayhem They need to be prevented and technologies have been developed...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 12:20

... pressure system and how the risks from any defect found can be assessed Ranking and categorisation of risk from each failure mode The degree of risk will depend on its probability and the consequence ... Limited, 2010 208 The risk management of safety and dependability bacteria) and others not (anaerobic) Nutrients can be organic or inorganic They adhere to metal surfaces and form a gelatinous ... management of risk It is a way of identifying and anticipating the possible root causes of failure and monitoring them Following on from an initial risk assessment the identified risks can then...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 12:20

... assessment, 220 risk assessment, 219–20 risk of failure, 219 safe and unsafe auditing, 248 Safety Assessment Federation, 210 Safety Case 2002, 270 safety culture, 230 safety integrity level, 143 safety ... 2010 268 The risk management of safety and dependability applied where there is a public concern for safety The requirements for a safety case will include and demonstrate that: • • The safety management ... operability studies Health and Safety at Work Act, 230, 248 Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, 19, 23, 24–5 Health and Safety Executive, 22, 236, xv guidelines, heat emissions, 56 heat radiation, 62 Herald...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 12:20

... The risk management of safety and dependability band analysis gives the overall level within the band limits The frequency range from to 10 kHz covers an infinite number of octave bands As the bands ... flammable gases and fluids in industrial use and they are required to be labelled and supplied with safety data sheets that identify the hazards, the preventative measures needed, and emergency and first ... exposure and underline the need to enforce safety procedures and provide adequate design measures for shielding 3.6.1 Light radiation Many work processes and plant emit infrared (IR) and ultraviolet...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 23:20

... business risk For industry the risks to health and safety that are between a thousand and one in a million are only tolerable if they are shown to be ALARP.4 However, if a disaster occurs and it ... take enormous risks Societal risk, what is acceptable depends on public opinion Business risk, the possible loss of capital assets is often overlooked ALARP risk, to health and safety, often ... apply FMEA have been demonstrated A method of risk ranking to qualify risk has been © Woodhead Publishing Limited, 2010 118 The risk management of safety and dependability provided These methods have...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 23:20

... Asset integrity: learning about the cause and symptoms of age and decay and the need for maintenance to avoid catastrophic failures Abstract: The safety and reliability of any facility is an asset ... 194 • • • • • The risk management of safety and dependability Pressure vessels and boilers are subject to the need for regulatory inspections Some plants manufacture to stock and, when sufficient ... are as a result of overwork, wear and tear and over-ageing factors They will unexpectedly occur and result in disaster and mayhem They need to be prevented and technologies have been developed...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 23:20

... pressure system and how the risks from any defect found can be assessed Ranking and categorisation of risk from each failure mode The degree of risk will depend on its probability and the consequence ... Limited, 2010 208 The risk management of safety and dependability bacteria) and others not (anaerobic) Nutrients can be organic or inorganic They adhere to metal surfaces and form a gelatinous ... management of risk It is a way of identifying and anticipating the possible root causes of failure and monitoring them Following on from an initial risk assessment the identified risks can then...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 23:20

... assessment, 220 risk assessment, 219–20 risk of failure, 219 safe and unsafe auditing, 248 Safety Assessment Federation, 210 Safety Case 2002, 270 safety culture, 230 safety integrity level, 143 safety ... 2010 268 The risk management of safety and dependability applied where there is a public concern for safety The requirements for a safety case will include and demonstrate that: • • The safety management ... operability studies Health and Safety at Work Act, 230, 248 Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, 19, 23, 24–5 Health and Safety Executive, 22, 236, xv guidelines, heat emissions, 56 heat radiation, 62 Herald...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 23:20

... engineering approach would also mandate Standard Operating Procedures (such as protocols and check lists) and implement redundancies (such as double-checks, fail-safes, and time-outs) Engineering theory ... flight, and landing It does patients no disservice if healthcare workers similarly divide hospital care into Page of input, throughout, and output Furthermore, seeing ourselves as ‘product safety ... clinicians Maximizing the best of human and machine As outlined above, modern hospital care mandates an understanding of human factors and of technology Therefore, understanding this interface is vital...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:21

... anti-apoptotic and barrier enhancing action of PC [7-10] This retrospective multi-centered study analyzes clinical features, safety and outcome in 94 pediatric and adolescent patients with PF ... to 12 years) and 21 (22.3) were adolescents (12 to 18 years) Patients were treated in 46 different centers, with 36 centers treating or less patients and 10 centers treating or more patients None ... in 75 (79.8%) patients, in 52 of those whose sero-groups were specified Survival and outcome of PF Twenty-one (22.3%) patients died at a mean duration of two days, and 73 (77.7%) patients survived...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 21:21

... Xu B and Song J Prevalence and risk factors of overactive bladder syndrome in Fuzhou Chinese women Neurourol Urodyn 2006; 25:717 Teleman PM, Lidfeldt J, Nerbrand C, Samsioe G, Mattiasson A and ... population OAB is under-diagnosed and under-treated This patient population may benefit from routine screening Furthermore, our study shows that OAB is associated with age and a history of hepatitis ... Overactive bladder: prevalence, risk factors and relation to stress incontinence in middle-aged women BJOG 2004; 111:600 Coyne K, Margolis M, Zyczynski T, Elinoff V and Roberts RG Validation of...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:35

... efficacy and safety assessments used in this study were standard for OA and are widely used and recognized as reliable, accurate, and relevant WOMAC scores were determined, at screening, and baseline, ... compliance Compliance was assessed by capsule count at visits 3, 4, and and review of subject diary Efficacy and Safety Variables Efficacy and safety measurements assessed Adverse events During the study, ... rate, and pulse rate), and liver (bilirubin, GGT, and ALP) and kidney (BUN and creatinine) functions were not affected by UC-II treatment, suggesting that UC-II is well toler- 320 ated and does...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:48