Responsible Care technical specifications

Both RCMS technical specifications follow the Plan-Do-Check-Act framework after top management develops the organization s Responsible Care Policy. 

Comparisons between OHSAS 18001 and the new Responsible Care Management System (RCMS) Technical Specifications are expected. While the RC14001 specifications do add health and safety to ISO 14001, there are other topics included in both RC14001 and the non-ISO RCMS specification. 

So, what are the conclusions looking at established management system audit results such as ISO 14001, new approaches, and even the inclusion of security as part of the recent certification audits to the American Chemical Council s (ACC) Responsible Care Management System (RCMS) and RC14001 Technical Specifications ... 

American Chemistry Council, Responsible Care Management System Technical Specification, Document No. RCMS 101.01, 2004a. Available at http //www.responsiblecare toolkit.com/pdfs/RCMSTech 012504.pdf opendocument Login. 

In the United States, those companies that have adopted Responsible Care are required to use approved third parties to conduct the certification audits at their headquarters and selected facilities. Companies have the option of being audited against ACC s Responsible Care Management System (RCMS ) Technical Specification or the RC14001 Technical Specification, which contains all of ISO 14001 s requirements as well as additional Responsible Care elements. 

The production equipment and machinery shall be carefully cleaned in all their parts and, if necessary, sterilized according to specific written instructions. When necessary, every piece of equipment will be dismantled and thoroughly cleaned to prevent that residues remain from previous operations. The performance of these procedures will be adequately recorded and the records will be kept on file. The equipment used for containerizing in an aseptic environment shall be checked at suitable intervals by microbiological tests. The results of these tests shall be recorded and kept on file for an adequate period of time as established by responsible technical staff. 

A further - technical - discrimination goes for terrestrial and aquatic animals since they demand considerably different experimental conditions. Terrestrial animals, especially insects, are easy to breed, to keep, to handle and to investigate and usually need no care during the investigation and no sophisticated equipment. Aquatic animals are surrounded by a medium of high specific heat capacity so that the instrumental response becomes slow, temperature equilibration periods long and experiments tedious. But the most important difference con-... 

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