Surveillance Programs

The objective of surveillance sampling is to evaluate the occurrence and incidence of a potential residue concern 

In the UK, the Veterinary Medicines Directorate has monitoring programs, the results of which are published periodically in the Veterinary Record and in the annual report of the Veterinary Residues Committee.  

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Laser stimulation of a silver surface results in a reflected signal over a million times stronger than that of other metals. Called laser-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, this procedure is useful in catalysis. The large neutron cross section of silver (see Fig. 2), makes this element useful as a thermal neutron flux monitor for reactor surveillance programs (see Nuclearreactors). 

The hazardous materials technician shedl meet all of the objectives indicated for the Rrst Responder. In addition, that person shall meet the training and medical surveillance program requirements in accordance with Federal OSHA and EPA regulations. 

Medical surveillance programs are designed to accomplish the following goals ... 

A medical surveillance program is designed to protect the workers health. Given the limitations of industrial hygiene monitoring data and the many hazards involved in hazardous waste activities, medical surveillance data may provide the only indication that worker exposure to toxic substances has occurred. 

Medical monitoring and surveillance programs enable occupational health professionals to identify adverse health effects caused by exposure to hazardous substances and conditions and to discuss plans with site workers, industrial hygienists, safety professionals, and line management to prevent exposures and protect workers. These goals can be accomplished through two objectives ... 

Medical surveillance programs range from support contracts with local hospitals or physicians to full-scale on-site occupational health organizations that include physicians, nurses, and technicians who are employed by prime contractors. The option selected depends on the size of the project, the nature of the hazards involved, the capabilities of local facilities, and the resources available. 

Existing respiratory protection or hearing conservation programs can be referenced and integrated, as appropriate, into the site-specific medical surveillance program after worksite hazards have been considered. At some sites, workers are provided a fitness-for-duty card indicating their current medical status and the medical surveillance programs in which they participate [1]. 

HAZWOPER, related DOE, and the Army Corps of Engineers rules and requirements stipulate that employees involved in any of the following activities who have a reasonable possibility of exposure to hazardous substances or health hazards at specified levels (see 1910.120 [f [2]) should be included in a medical surveillance program ... 

L. A medical surveillance program must be in place to assess and monitor the health and fitness of employees. A medical surveillance program helps assess and monitor the health and fitness of employees working with hazardous substances. The contractors at Sites A, E, H, and K and one subcontractor at Site I appear to have established medical surveillance programs that with minor exceptions were consistent with HAZWOPER requirements. 

The deficiencies revealed during the audit indicated that some of the medical surveillance programs were not site specific. The SSHAP should he written to ensure that workers are tested for not only general physical health, hut also for those substances that they might he exposed to during work activities. Besides the lack of specificity, it appears that execution of... 

Medical surveillance program The evaluation of an employee s health status, performed on a regular periodic basis by a health professional, to detect problems associated wnth exposure to health haz-... 

The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) is a national vaccine safety surveillance program co-sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). VAERS collects and analyzes information from reports of adverse reactions after immunization. Anyone can report to VAERS, and reports are sent in by vaccine manufacturers, health care providers, and vaccine recipients and their parents or guardians. An example of the VAERS and instructions for completing the form are found in Appendix F. Any clinically significant adverse event that occurs after the administration of any vaccine should be reported. Individuals are encouraged to provide the information on the form even if the individual is uncertain if the event was related to the... 

Greenblatt DJ, Shader RI, Koch-Weser J Psychotropic drug use in the Boston area a report from the Boston Collaborative Drug Surveillance Program. Arch Gen Psychiatry 32 518-521, 1975... 

In a report from the Boston Collaborative Drug Surveillance Program, pediatric nurses have reported a much higher frequency of complications from IM injections than that observed in the adult population. Twenty-three percent of pediatric nurses surveyed had observed complications (local pain, abscess, hematoma) versus a rate of 0.4% reported in adult patients [86]. Serious complications, such as paralysis from infiltration of the sciatic nerve, quadriceps myofibrosis, and accidental intra-arterial injection, are usually the... 

The excellent safety profile observed in clinical trials has been confirmed by the postmarketing surveillance program [117]. More than 8.5 million patients have been treated in Italy and abroad with rifaximin since its introduction to the market. During the overall postmarketing... 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). 1967. Effects of Granular Application of Dursban on Some Estuary and Salt Marsh Organisms. U.S. Fish. Wildl. Serv. Spec. Rep., Pesticide Surveillance Program, Atlanta, Georgia. Mimeo. 34 pp. 

Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CEDR) Postmarketing Surveillance Programs, www.fda.gov/cder/regulatory/applications/postmarketing/ surveillancepost.htm (accessed May 24, 2002). 

The Cancer Surveillance Program, the population-based SEER cancer registry of Los Angeles County which we developed and operate. 

Recordkeeping and Surveillance Programs - computerized or non-computerized, new computer software programs or manual recordkeeping procedures... 

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