Good practice public safety

We must not forget the client. The client review is an excellent tool that can be used to get the client s first impression of safety performance. This has been shown to be especially effective when conducted on a formal basis after a phase of the project, or the entire project, has been completed. The PM and the SM should arrange to meet the client represen-tative(s) in a face-to-face meeting to discuss safety performance and possibly other parameters of the recently completed job, or phase of job. The information obtained from the review is immediately analyzed. Once analyzed, it can be used to prevent recurrences of identified problems, to publicize good practices and innovative approaches to problem solving, and to perform work more safely and efficiently. 

Of course, it is little comfort to the woman who wanted to avoid pregnancy when her doctor tells her she is the 1 in 100 who has conceived. The public has been led to believe that modern medical science and effective drug regulation, coupled with the good practice of medicine, will guarantee absolute effectiveness and absolute safety. This cannot be true. 

Reports on safety and protection in nuclear activities are issued in other series, in particular the IAEA Safety Reports Series, as informational publications. Safety Reports may describe good practices and give practical examples and detailed methods that can be used to meet safety requirements. They do not establish requirements or make recommendations. 

Fairness is key. The safety rules and disciplinary actions must be applied to everyone equally, and employees must not be publicly intimidated or humiliated. Respect each employee s dignity. A good practice is to ... 

To expedite the development of standards and advance good practices in the application of nuclear criticality safety in fuel cycle fadUties. the NRC has funded a number of researdi projects. These included a project for the development and publication of the Nuclear Safety Giiide, development of a better understanding of neutron interaction between storage and processing units in a nuclear fuel facility, and the development of a standard for the administrative practices in nuclear criticality safety. 

These measures, it is argued, are justified to meet increasingly high public expectations for railway safety, to avoid catastrophic risks, and to match good practice elsewhere. They imply a VPF of around 10m, and the industry has therefore adopted a comparable VPF to justify measures addressing certain other aspects of catastrophic risk. Examples are standards for on-train data recorders and for enhanced emergency braking. 

Good practice in the management of safety at nuclear facilities is addressed in a number of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) publications. Examples include GS-R-3, the Management Systems of Facilities and Activities (Reference 9.1), draft Safety Guide 349, the Application of the Management System for Nuclear Installations (Reference 9.2), and the HSE S ety Assessment Principles (SAPs) (MSI to MS4 of Reference 9.3). 

ANSI Z9.5-2003, Laboratory Ventilation, is intended for use by employers, architects, occupational and environmental health and safety professionals, and others concerned with the control of exposure to airborne contaminants. The book includes new chapters on performance tests, air cleaning, preventative maintenance, and work practices. It also highlights the standard s requirements and offers good practices for laboratories to follow. The book also offers referenced standards and publications, guidance on selecting laboratory stack designs, an audit form for ANSI Z9.5, and a sample table of contents for a laboratory ventilation management plan. 

Publication of a Road Safety Management Good Practice Manual... 

A good discussion of centrifuge safety design features and operating practices is found in an IChemE publication (1987). 

Other offices within CDER may become involved in the review process via consults. For example, the Office of Epidemiology and Biostatistics analyzes statistical data, the Office of Research Resources provides bioavailability reviews, and the Office of Compliance determines from the results of inspections whether the firms meet FDA s Current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) regulations. Advisory committees composed of independent experts are often asked to meet and further analyze the data. Often they also advise as to what additional data and information may be needed. After FDA s review is completed, FDA issues either a Summary Basis of Approval (SBA) for the dmg or a recommendation against approval. If approved, FDA releases the SBA and a summary of the safety and effectiveness data to the general public. 

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