Safety Committee

Raising the safety bar: The hematology/oncology patient safety committee.

144 Background: Enhancing patient safety can prevent unintended outcomes arising from defects in healthcare delivery systems. The Hematology/Oncology Patient Safety Committee (HOPSC) at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) is a multidisciplinary team of healthcare providers that meets monthly to review inpatient and outpatient adverse events, near misses, and medical errors that impact ...

S Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety SCCS

Revision of the opinion on Silica, Hydrated Silica, and Silica Surface Modified with Alkyl Silylates (nano form)

European Committee for Medical Ultrasound Safety (ECMUS).

Introduction These guidelines give an overview of regulations and procedures for cleaning and disinfecting ultrasound equipment with a specific focus on maintaining the optimal function and condition of transducers while reducing the risk of viral and/or bacterial contamination. In general, users should follow the cleaning and disinfection regulations from their hospital ́s hygiene department, b...

Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations

Nuclear Energy Agency Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations

A comprehensive program for the evaluation and enhancement of seismic safety of the Paks Nuclear Power Plant was started in 1993 and now is in progress. In the first two years of the program the urgent and quickly realizable fixes were performed, seismic instrumentation was installed, and a procedure was elaborated for the activities to be performed after a possible earthquake. Re-evaluation of...