Management peer committees

Management peer committees Did the safety program include safety committees with management, supervision, safety, and worker representation Were the committees well supported, active, and effective ... 

This ongoing project is overseen by a geographically representative Harmonization Project Steering Committee and a number of ad hoc Working Groups that manage the detailed work. Finalization of documents includes a rigorous process of international peer review and public comment. 

It is important to remember, as well, that most of the disputes that come to court in the area of risk management have no clearcut scientific solutions. These controversies arise at the frontiers of science where, almost by definition, there are no established or widely accepted answers to scientific questions. Moreover, disputes seldom come to court until they have matured in forums where the technical issues are thoroughly debated scientific advisory committees, administrative hearings, internal or external peer review, and pretrial negotiations. If technical conflicts persist after all these processes are exhausted, the reason very probably is that the matter in controversy cannot be settled by scientists according to purely scientific norms. 

Another example noted in some PGDs is that working practices may not be in line with Summary of Product Characteristics for that medicinal product (www.medicines.org.uk/). For example some PGDs have indicated that the amount of Omnipaque (an X-ray contrast agent) to be administered can exceed that outlined on the product information sheet. The only evidence used to support this is that some peers do this in other Trusts. Not only does this practice fall short of minimizing risk but it might also fail one component of the Bolam test (Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee, 1957 and Bolitho v City and Hackney Health Authority, 1997). 

Dr. Qi has broad experience in the areas of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs), and phosphoric acid fuel cells (PAFCs). He has published 56 articles in peer-reviewed journals, 6 book chapters, has 9 US patents, and 7 Chinese patents. He has voluntarily reviewed a large number of manuscripts in the fuel cell area for technical journals. He is a technical advisor of the Knowledge Foundation (US.), a member of the China Fuel Cell and Flow Cell Standard Committee, a technical committee member of the Fuel Cell Key Laboratory in Hubei Province, the chief scientist and manager of two key projects of the 863 Plan (China) with a total funding of 14 million, and was an editorial board member of the Journal of Power Sources (EU). 

This regulatory action was supported by the Dust Study just discussed. Therefore, EPA conducted a peer review in accordance with the Final Information Quality Bulletin for Peer Review of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB). EPA requested this review from the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) Lead Review Panel. The CASAC, which is comprised of seven members appointed by the EPA Administrator, was established under the Clean Air Act as an independent scientific advisory committee. The CASAC s comments on the Dust Study, along with EPA s responses, have been placed into the public docket for this action. More information on the CASAC consultation process, along with background documents, is available on EPA s website at www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/casac.htm. 

The safety process was designed much like the process detailed throughout this book and included peer-to-peer observations. All employees were asked to conduct one observation per month. Managers and supervisors conducted observations twice per month. Data were sent from the field locations to the steering committee for review and problem solving. Summaries and trends were sent back to each location for field crews to discuss and plan their own safety action plans. In addition, locally planned celebrations were conducted based on the number of observations made, percentage of employee participation, and team achievements involving safety (there were no formal incentives based on accident statistics). To aid communication, both a newsletter and an online system were utilized that provided information about safety accomplishments and listed ideas and... 

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