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Data on the complication rates of carotid angioplasty/stenting are available from published case series and registries but, as was demonstrated for endarterectomy (see Chs. 25 and 27), such studies tend to underestimate risks. Formal randomized comparisons of endarterectomy and angioplasty/stenting are, therefore, required for reliable determination of the overall balance of risks and benefits. Prior to 2006, only five relatively small randomized controlled trials (1269 patients) had been reported (Naylor et al. 1998 Alberts 2001 Brooks et al. 2001 CAVATAS Investigators 2001 Yadav et al. 2004). The largest of... 

ManagemenUworker discussions can also be useful in the identification of risks. Formal discussions take place during meetings of the safety committee with informal discussions occurring during on-the-job contact or in conversations between supervisor and worker. The concept of incident recallis an example of management/worker discussion. 

NDT has a very important formal status. Requirements for performanee of NDT, acceptance criteria and requirements for personnel qualification are implemented in codes and standards. The NDT procedure is part of the contract. During the many years that NDT methods have been used in industry a well-established situation has evolved, enabling the use of NDT for the evaluation of welds against Good Workmanship Criteria on a routine basis, thus maintaining workmanship standards and minimising the risks of component failure. 

The remaining step in the hazard identification and risk assessment procedure shown in Figure 1 is to decide on risk acceptance. For this step, few resources are available and analysts are left basically by themselves. Some companies have formal risk acceptance criteria. Most companies, however, use the results on a relative basis. That is, the results are compared to another process or processes where hazards and risks are weU-characterized. 

Risk and uncertainty associated with each venture should translate, ia theory, iato a minimum acceptable net return rate for that venture. Whereas this translation is often accompHshed implicitly by an experienced manager, any formal procedure suffers from the lack of an equation relating the NRR to risk, as well as the lack of suitable risk data. A weaker alternative is the selection of a minimum acceptable net return rate averaged for a class of proposed ventures. The needed database, from a collection of previous process ventures, consists of NPV, iavestment, venture life, inflation, process novelty, decision (acceptance or rejection), and result data. 

Risk is defined as the combination of the expected frequency and consequence of accidents that could occur as a result of an activity. Risk analysis is a formal process of increasing one s understanding of the risk associated with an activity. The process of risk analysis includes answering three questions ... 

Many designers consider risk assessment to be an intuitive element of their work. ITowever, a formal process model that makes risks explicit, and stresses accountability, can only be an advantage. 

Assessing environmental risk from effluent diseharges or for formal environmental impaet assessment. 

The amount and type of hazards will determine the performance standard specified in site-specific control plans. This includes the content, detail, and formality of review. The approval of the plans is based on risk and hazard potential. Using the hazard-based approach, levels of risk or methods to rank risk (degree) are standardized. 

A risk assessment analyses systems at two levels. The first level defines the functions the system must perform to respond successfully to an accident. The second level identifies the hardware for the systems use. The hardware identification (in the top event statement) describes minimum system operability and system boundaries (interfaces). Experience shows that the interfaces between a frontline system and its support systems are important to the system cs aluaiion and require a formal search to document the interactions. Such is facilitated by a failure modes and effect analysis (FMEA). Table S.4.4-2 is an example of an interaction FMEA for the interlace and support requirements for system operation. 

Using formalized risk assessment techniques for industrial ventilation projects may complicate the issue more than necessary. The work environment and its exposure conditions are the focus. However, when evaluating new technology, including waste management, the risk assessment approach may be valuable. 

Expect broad variations in style. Many companies (and individual facilities) have both formal and informal management systems. The degree of formality (e.g., documentation, authorization, follow-up) is often a function of the degree of risk associated with the activity the management system is designed to control, as well as of the structure or culture of the organization itself. 

Where there is a risk to the employee carrying out work, in addition to a Method Statement a permit to work should be used. A permit to work is a formal written means of making sure that potentially dangerous jobs are examined first, before authorizing the work to commence. Its task is twofold it ensures that the person making the system safe... 

While there is no FDA involvement in such investigations, ethical considerations and institutional regulations would generally dictate that informed consent and the approval of the local institutional review board be obtained. However, due to the negligible risks involved these are likely to be a formality and will not involve extensive review or scrutiny. 

SAFE SYSTEM OF WORK A formal procedure resulting from systematic examination of a task to identify all the hazards. Defines safe methods to ensure that hazards are eliminated or risks controlled. 

The pharmacoeconomics of the anxiety disorders has received litde attention. In the past drug costs were largely incurred by use of benzodiazepines, most of which are available in generic forms and are cheap. They are effective and acceptable in the short term. Long-term use is associated with the risk of physical dependence, with an adverse risk—benefit ratio and high cost terms to facilitate withdrawal. There is now a trend towards the use of antidepressants in the anxiety disorders. Clinical experience has been followed by formal trial evaluation. 

A growing tendency to take measurements away from the specialized laboratory and place them in the hands of the end-users made paramount the need for good control of produced and used results. The risk of wrong results and biased data increases rapidly in such situations. Consequently, there came about a general tendency to formalize or codify procedures to arrive at data which are sufficiently accurate for the intended purpose. The end-user of the data became increasingly aware of the risk that conclusions could be based on wrong analytical results. 

Combinations of antiemetics may be the most effective method of preventing PONV for high-risk patients.7,42 Droperidol plus a 5-HT3 antagonist or dexamethasone plus a 5-HT3 antagonist are effective combinations.43,44 Three-drug combinations such as dexamethasone, droperidol, and a 5-HT3 antagonist have not been formally studied but may be a reasonable approach.42... 

As in case (1), the analyte is definitely detected, apart from the remaining risk of error a. Also in this case, an analytical result x, can be calculated formally from y by means of the corresponding calibration function. But it must be noted that the relative uncertainty of results nearby of the detection limit amounts about 50% (see Sect. 7.5, item (2), p 201). 

During the inspection, the inspector should proceed with particular emphasis on the critical points. This system guarantees that the internal quality assurance is oriented to the risks associated with the particular type of production. It is a preventive approach. The employees who identify with the organic objective , who are involved in the process and assume responsibility for it, are more careful, because they understand the sense of quality assurance and do not feel that it is an additional burden, impractical, bothersome, a mere formality and bureaucratic. 

The involvement of farmers and their attitudes towards transgene confinement protocols and the risk associated with the production of GM crops has not commonly been considered by regulators, yet cooperation between neighbouring farmers may be a fundamental requirement for transgene confinement (Mauro and McLachlan 2003 Riddle, 2004 Tolstrup et al., 2003). The human or cultural element of coexistence management is difficult to characterize and control (Mauro and McLachlan, 2003) and this makes coexistence success difficult to predict. Open communication between neighbours, either formal or informal, is an essential element of a successful coexistence plan (Riddle, 2004). 

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