Sarin incident. Need for reform of chemical education.

Sarin poisoning of a rescue team in the Matsumoto sarin incident in Japan.

OBJECTIVES A nerve agent sarin (isopropyl methyl phosphonofluoridate) was released in Matsumoto city, Japan, on 27 June 1994. About 600 people were affected by the sarin, including seven who died. Fifty two rescuers engaged in helping the victims and 18 were affected. The aim was to investigate how the rescuers were affected by sarin. METHODS Health examinations and a questionnaire survey wer...

Eugenic Reform, the Need for

Preparing for a chemical incident.

vol 10 no 10 march 2003 emergency nurse 23 Since the terrorist attack on the US on September 11 2001 and the increasing prevalence of global terrorist activity including threats to the UK, attention has focused on the threat of chemical and biological warfare. Before the attack, bioterrorism had occupied only a small part of the UK public consciousness and threats to civilians from hazardous ma...

Quality Management for Education Reform

Principles of quality management have been successful in the business realm, producing quality products and services through a structured and comprehensive delivery system. Standardization reduces the variance of each task and improves overall effectiveness. Performance and attention to the bottom line are the measurement of success. Principles of quality management have been applied to student...

Is There a Need for Reform?

The very notion of "reform of the international monetary system" is a very modern one in two respects. "Reform" is a conscious act, an act of volition and coordinated will, as distinguished from a series of piecemeal changes that occur as individual actors--banks, business firms, governments--respond to new circumstances, leading over time to change, but not to conscious reform. Second, the not...