Fire Safety Management in Chemical Industries

Safety Lifecycle Management In The Process Industries

Safety Management in High-Risk Industries – Lessons for Patient Safety

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Occupational health and safety in chemical industries in transitional economies

In the field of occupational hygiene, the setting of permissible levels of hazards in the work environment is one of the mechanisms used in occupational health to prevent health impairment in the worker. The term “permissible level” has been defined. Basically, it is a quantitative hygiene standard for a level considered to be safe, expressed as a concentration for a defined average time. In re...

Fire Safety Challenges in Hospital Safety Index (HSI)

Hospitals are a symbol of social welfare and the last refuge of patients, which is the most important issue of the health system. Patient safety is the first and most important issue for the health system.  Before COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) defined the Hospital Safety Index (HSI) to measure hospital preparedness for disasters. During the COVID-19 crisis, hospitals faced many ...

Fire Safety

References 17–13 ire safety is an important concern in all types of construction. The high level of national concern for fire safety is reflected in limitations and design requirements in building codes. These code requirements are discussed in the context of fire safety design and evaluation in the initial section of this chapter. Since basic data on fire behavior of wood products are needed t...