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Author Index to Volume Three
Get PDFIndex by author to all articles published in Volume Three (1992) of the journal Risk: Issues in Health and Safety
Author Index to Volume Four
Get PDFIndex by author to all articles published in Volume Four (1993) of the journal RISK: Issues in Health and Safety
Annual report (Arizona. Risk Management Section)
No full textThe Risk Management Division was established in 1976, and is tasked with the management and mitigation of liability, property, and workers’ compensation claims. The parameters of the program, includes coverage for agencies, employees, boards and commissions. The Risk Management Division provides consultations with state agency personnel to recommend programs and procedures aimed at reducing or eliminating risk. On an annual basis, Risk Management performs a comprehensive evaluation of its insurance program to determine the proper mix of
purchased commercial insurance and risk retention
Factors Influencing Physical Risk Taking in Rock Climbing
Get PDFThis study was designed to investigate factors influencing physical risk taking in the sport of rock climbing. Specifically, the relationships between physical risk taking, sensation seeking, spheres of control, and desirability of control were examined. One hundred five rock climbers from the United States completed a series of surveys measuring each of the above-mentioned psychological variables. As predicted, physical risk taking demonstrated significant positive relationships to both total sensation seeking and thrill/adventure seeking (TAS). The expected relationships between physical risk taking, personal control and desirability of control were not supported. As hypothesized, no substantive patterns were revealed between physical risk taking and interpersonal control or sociopolitical control. Finally, comparisons between high and low physical risk taking rock climbers revealed significant group differences for total sensation seeking, TAS, and disinhibition. The identification of predictors of physical risk taking is a key step toward identifying individuals likely to engage in high physical risk behavior, and under what circumstances they are likely to do so
Assessing economic risk, safety standards, and decision-making
No full textRisk-informed decision-making needs methods for assessing flood risk, and often the flooding probability and the consequences of floods (such as economic damage and fatalities) play an important role in the risk assessment. Also, measures to reduce the flood risk need to be formulated, in order to make a risk-informed decision, whether to accept the risk or to implement measures to reduce or to transfer the risk. These measures can be technical (for example, storm surge barriers) but can also be in the area of spatial planning or crises management. The outcome of such a process might be formalized in a “safety standards,” which can be used for the design of measures. These standards show remarkable differences between the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Hydraulic Structures and Flood Ris
Risk management in transfusion medicine /
No full textPrint version recordIncludes bibliographical references and indexFront Cover; Risk Management in Transfusion Medicine; Risk Management in Transfusion Medicine; Copyright; Dedication; List of Contributors; Preface; Contents; 1 -- Enterprise Risk Management-What It Is and Why It Matters; INTRODUCTION; SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002; PERFORMING A RISK AUDIT; RISK RESPONSE; REFERENCES; 2 -- Quality Systems in Transfusion Medicine; THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RISK AND QUALITY; FAILURE MODE AND EFFECTS ANALYSIS; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; LEAN AND SIX SIGMA; QUALITY SYSTEM ESSENTIALS; REFERENCES; 3 -- Regulatory Oversight of Transfusion Medicine; FDA REGULATIONTHE CLINICAL LABORATORY IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1967 AND THE CLINICAL LABORATORY IMPROVEMENT AMENDMENTS OF 1988 (CLIA '88)OTHER REGULATIONS THAT IMPACT TRANSFUSION RISK MANAGEMENT; REFERENCES; 4 -- Procedures for Protection; INTRODUCTION; UNDERSTANDING THE STANDARDS; QSE 1: Organization; QSE 2: resources (human resources); QSE 3: equipment; QSE 4: supply and customer issues; QSE 5: process control; QSE 6: documents and records; QSE 7: deviations, nonconformances, and adverse events; QSE 8: assessments-internal and external; QSE 9: process improvement through corrective and preventative actionQSE 10: facilities and safetyREFERENCES; 5 -- Transfusion-Transmitted Infectious Diseases; DONOR SCREENING; INFECTIOUS DISEASES TESTING; Mandatory Infectious Diseases Testing; Hepatitis B Virus; Hepatitis C virus; Human Immunodeficiency virus; Human T-Lymphotropic virus; West Nile virus; Zika virus; Chagas; Babesia-A Potential Candidate for Mandatory Donor Testing?; Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies; Malaria Deferrals; NATIONAL DONOR DEFERRAL REGISTRIES; QUARANTINE; PROBLEMS AND DEFICIENCIES; REMARKS; REFERENCES; 6 -- Transfusion Review: Monitoring Transfusion PracticeHow Much Blood Is Transfused?WHO IS BEING TRANSFUSED?; WHY IS BLOOD TRANSFUSED?; EARLY STEPS TO IMPROVE PHYSICIAN PRESCRIBING PRACTICES; AUDITING AND MONITORING PHYSICIAN PRESCRIBING PRACTICES; Providing Physician Feedback; CONCLUSION; Appendix: Red Cell Transfusion inNormovolemic Anemia; RED CELL TRANSFUSION IN NORMOVOLEMIC INPATIENTS; WHAT IS NORMOVOLEMIC ANEMIA?; I'VE SEEN OTHER PHYSICIANS ORDER 2 UNITS OF RED CELLS FOR THESE PATIENTS. WHAT WRONG WITH THIS?; WHY SHOULD I WAIT 4-6H?; WHAT ABOUT OUTPATIENTS?; WHAT ARE THE DATA?THIS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. IF I TRANSFUSE A PATIENT WHO HAS A HEMOGLOBIN LESS THAN 10G/DL, I MUST BE DOING SOME GOOD SINCE OXYGEN ... ARE THERE PATIENTS WHOM I SHOULD TRANSFUSE PROPHYLACTICALLY?; IS THIS APPROACH SUPPORTED BY EXPERT OPINION?; REFERENCES; 7 -- Patient Blood Management: Reducing Risk by Reducing Inappropriate and Avoidable Transfusions; INTRODUCTION; Unnecessary Red Blood Cell Transfusions; Inappropriate red blood cell transfusions; Avoidable red blood cell transfusion; Unnecessary Plasma Transfusion; Inappropriate plasma transfusion; Avoidable plasma transfusionUnnecessary Platelet TransfusionElsevie
Method of information and analytical support for information security risk management of information systems
No full textIt has been tried to combine expert and statistics methods in analyzing information security risk. Author has brought general statements of information security risk management based on international and internal practices as well as proposed own risk analyzing process. The proposed method includes topologies of information resources, vulnarabilities, threats, impact, bulding events’ tree. It has been proposed to build agrigated risk over the certain information resource. Author has tried to convert experts’ metrixes into fuzzy mathematical model. Conclusion of the experiments is that self-learning model gives better results but in the environment of uncertaince, both experts’ and statistics data can be used.Problems in programming 2018; 4: 82-9
Personality traits-based terrorism risk assessment: Determining reliability using open-source data
No full textThe chapter, "Personality traits-based terrorism risk assessment: Determining reliability using open-source data" was written by the listed authors including Logan Macnair (Douglas College Faculty). It is part of the "NATO Science for Peace and Security Series - E: Human and Societal Dynamics" series. Prominent terrorism case studies of individuals such as Omar Mateen, Dylann Roof, and Mohammed Merah indicate the need for personality trait-based terrorism risk assessment/threat assessment (TR/TA). This chapter provides an overview of Corrado’s, personality-based TR/TA instrument (see Chapter 14) by explaining the origin of each domain and the purpose of inclusion. Furthermore, this chapter displays results from a preliminary instrument validation study conducted on an open-source sample of 158 terrorists. Results of this study suggest strong statistical significance for many of the domains. This suggests the need for future inclusion of personality-based indicators in terrorism risk assessment. --From publisher description.Published
Flood risk reduction for Galveston Bay: Preliminary design of a coastal barrier system
No full textMany coastal areas around the world are densely populated and at risk from flooding, but utilize different strategies to deal with coastal hazard. This chapter summarizes how Dutch concepts for coastal flood risk reduction have been explored for Galveston Bay. Firstly, it is shown how risk-based screening methods can help to evaluate various alternative strategies based on metrics such as costs, risk reduction and (societal and environmental) impacts. Application of this approach for Galveston Bay that a coastal spine alternative would entail a large investment, but it would provide the greatest risk reduction by maximizing the protected area. Secondly, a preliminary design for the coastal spine (also known as the Ike Dike) has been elaborated for protection of the region against storm surges, with involvement of Dutch and international students and experts. It includes storm surge barriers at Bolivar Roads and San Luis Pass, and several alternatives for the land barrier—including a fortified dune. Important aspects for future work are discussed, such as the cost estimation, in-bay measures, and the need for integral and proactive planning.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Hydraulic Structures and Flood Ris
Risk-of-bias summary.
No full textReview author judgments for risk-of-bias items for each included study. Green, low risk of bias; Red, high risk of bias; Yellow, unclear of risk of bias.</p
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