Programmers working environment

It is best to begin by describing the environment in which a statistical programmer works in the pharmaceutical industry. Then we explore the fundamental principles that should guide you in your day-to-day work. These principles permeate all of the tasks that you do on a daily basis and, if kept in mind, they will keep you from going astray in your statistical programming duties. 

M. Henon, Packaging and the Environment, UNEP/IEO (UnitedNations Environmental Programme/Industry and Environmental Office) Cleaner Production Programme Working Group on Policies, Strategies and Instruments to Promote Cleaner Production (Seminar), Trolleholm, Sweden, pp. 30-35, 1996. 

In manual calculations, such problems could easily be spotted by an independent, critical observer, as one of the points made in the Study Director s statement shown in figure 34 (see page 271) will demonstrate. In an electronic system only an expert programmer, however, could be expected to deal with such issues, and furthermore only so, if he had full access to the source code. Therefore, the basic process for ensuring GLP compliance of an IT application is to demonstrate that the respective application does indeed perform the intended task in a correct way, and that it does so in the actual working environment of computer hardware and connected peripheral components and apparatus. This demonstration of the suitability for its intended purpose is obviously of fundamental importance, and this process is referred to as computer validation . In essence, such validation should provide a high degree of assurance that the system will meet its predetermined specifications. 

Whilst we like to tell people to prioritise safety within their work, if the realities of the work environment do not permit or support this, then it becomes yet more empty safety rhetoric. All the safety propaganda slogans and targets and engagement programmes in the world will not have any effective impact if safety is not actually what is being prioritised on site. 

E Improve work systems safety Action within local work systems Specific actions and implementation plans for permanent improvements to work systems to address contributory factors evident within reported incidents. Changes to tools/equipment/working environment, standard working procedures, training programmes, and so on Evaluate/monitor effectiveness of solutions and iterate. 

In order to structure the analysis in a systematic and structured fashion we propose a stepwise procedure for the design of working environment programmes. The design procedure therefore adds some supplementary steps to the original procedure proposed by Hasle et al. (2012) and is made up of seven steps ... 

Haslei E, Kvoming, L.V., Rasmussen, C.D., Smith, L.H., Flyvholm, M. A. 2012. A Model for Design of Tailored Working Environment Intervention Programmes for Small Enterprises. Scfety and health at work 3(3) 181-191. 

Arrangements Man-machine interfaces Communication systems Physical working environment Control- and safety-systems Work organisation Procedures Training programme... 

Public Health Impact of Pesticides Used in Agriculture Report of a WHO/UNEP Working Group World Health Organization Geneva, Switzerland, United Nations Environment Programme Nairobi, Kenya. 

---