Responsible Staff

Hazard communication will be a continuing program in your facility. Compliance with the HCS is not a one shot deal. To have a successful program, it will be necessary to assign responsibility for both the initial and ongoing activities that have to be undertaken to comply with the rule. In some cases, these activities may already be part of current job assignments. For example, site supervisors are frequently responsible for on-the-job training sessions. Early identification of the responsible employees, and involvement of them in the development of your plan of action, will result in a more 

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT A PRACTICAL APPROACH 

For any safety and health program, success depends on commitment at every level of the organization. This is particularly true for hazard communication, where snccess requires a change in behavior. This will only occur if employers understand the program, and are committed to its success, and if employees are motivated by the people presenting the information to them. 

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Have the newly responsible staff work alongside the existing staff under the old system with the existing staff retaining their responsibilities. 

Design the work plan in detail and assign clear tasks and timeframes for completion to the responsible staff members. Staff of the training department and the financial department might also be involved at this stage. 

Radioactivity has heen the concern of physicists, who set up rules aud regulations for the protection of the general public and health personnel handling radioactive materials. At most institutions, the commercially available radiopharmaceuticals were managed hy a responsible staff of health physicists. 

The manufacturer should have an organization chart All responsible staff should have their specific duties recorded in written descriptions and adequate authority to carry out their responsibilities. Their duties may be delegated to designated deputies of a satisfactory qualification level. There should be no gaps or unexplained overlaps in the responsibilities of personnel concerned with the application of GMP. 

All responsible staff have their specific duties recorded in a written description and adequate authority to carry out their responsibilities. 

However, CCPs depend on the specific product and process technology and must be identified by the responsible staff at the processing plant... 

Reports of medical device failure are numerous because responsible staff are aware of the safety critical nature of many of the products used to assist patients. Doctors and consultants do report and describe the failmes encoimtered in their practice, both in technical and professional journals, and often about individual pieces of equipment. They are an invaluable aid for investigators researching specific designs, as are the adverse incident reports from the FDA Maude website and more recently, a similar website run by the MDHA. 

In assigning responsibilities and accountabilities for safety, managers should ensure that the individuals concerned have the capability and the appropriate resources to carry out these safety responsibilities effectively. They should also ensure that their staff are aware of and accept their safety responsibilities. Staff should also be aware of how their responsibilities relate to others in the organization. 

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