RETHINKING BIOLOGICAL HAZARD RISK ANALYSIS AFTER PANDEMIC COVID-19

The paper underlines the importance of biological hazard risk assessment today especially analyzing the Covid-19 pandemic lack of good biological hazard management all over the world. We discuss biological hazard, types, classifications and analysis of the risks. We suggest some main tools and frameworks to be used to assess, monitoring, control and prevent biological hazards. As a result we strength the importance of such methodology to be known by decision makers, improved, developed. The risk management method must be coordinated all over the country and the world to be successful. Everybody (people, firms, government organizations) is responsible for the success of the implementation plan and prevent risks. So education and professional competence of risk management must be developed and certified by independent authority using general accepted standard protocols to complement a governance system of biological hazard risk analysis.The paper underlines the importance of biological hazard risk assessment today especially analyzing the Covid-19 pandemic lack of good biological hazard management all over the world. We discuss biological hazard, types, classifications and analysis of the risks. We suggest some main tools and frameworks to be used to assess, monitoring, control and prevent biological hazards. As a result we strength the importance of such methodology to be known by decision makers, improved, developed. The risk management method must be coordinated all over the country and the world to be successful. Everybody (people, firms, government organizations) is responsible for the success of the implementation plan and prevent risks. So education and professional competence of risk management must be developed and certified by independent authority using general accepted standard protocols to complement a governance system of biological hazard risk analysis

Qualitative characterization of healthcare wastes

The biological hazard inherent in the clinical wastes should be considered during the management and treatment process as well as the disposal into the environment. In this chapter, the risks associated with the clinical wastes as well as the management of these wastes are discussed. The chapter focused on reviewing the types of healthcare wastes generated from hospitals and clinics as well as the regulations and management practices used for these wastes. Moreover, the health risk associated with the infectious agents which have the potential to be transmitted into the environment. It has appeared that the clinical wastes represent real hazards for the human health and the environment if they were not managed properly

Cooperating In Containment

Two Kansas State University research institutes are collaborating with industry to advance the science of biological hazard containment

Penentuan Faktor-Faktor Bahaya yang Dihadapi Perawat di RSUD Kabupaten Karanganyar dan Usulan Pencegahannya Menggunakan Metode AHP

From the calculation of weighting the results of biological hazard 0.23 0.22 followed by a chemical hazard and environmental and mechanical biomechanical hazard 0.22, 0.17 and hazard pshycal 0.17 pshychological hazard. While the determination of the value of performance, the lowest hazard of pshychological hazard to the value 3.991 4.113 followed by a biological hazard, chemical hazard 4.309, environmental and mechanical / biomechanical hazard and the highest 4.396 4.578 pshycal hazard. Proposed hazard prevention based on the lowest of pshychological hazard with hazard specification, among others, due to the many patients, patients who want immediate demands are met, the threat from the patient and the supervisor, invective from the patient and the supervisor, shift changing, the staff were not adequate and heavy workloads. From the results of questionnaires and interviews with the nurse, the things that need to be considered is the quantity of hospital nurses, nurses and quality of work on the hospital system

Socio-biological Hazard and Systemic Breakdown: From the AIDS Pandemic to Viral Outbreaks

Iatrogenic HIV infection refers here to cases of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) caused by administration of blood products. Following the discovery of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in 1981, numerous warnings were issued by experts regarding the use of blood products. In spite of this, no switch to cryoprecipitate or other effective measures were taken, and the authorization of safe heated products was also delayed, as a result of which 40% of Japanese hemophiliacs, or some 2,000 people, fell victim. Additionally, since insufficient risk data was provided, the infection spread to partners, families, and other associates of hemophiliacs through secondary and tertiary infection. In connection, questions were asked as to the degree of responsibility of those institutions which had been involved in the outbreak and spread of the infection. The cause of the outbreak has been said to lie in the web of collusive relationships linking industry, government, and academia, and three groups in particular: the pharmaceutical manufacturers who undertook the manufacture and sale of the blood products, the former Ministry of Health and Welfare, which held approval and licensing authority over these pharmaceutical products, and the AIDS Research Group commissioned by the former Ministry of Health and Welfare. Underpinning the collusion between these three groups must have been an unwritten law recognized among them as inviolable. This points up the pressing need to reform the poor practice and customs latent in Japan’s pharmaceutical manufacturing industry and by extension the ethos and culture of Japan’s industry and organizations. This article aims additionally to analyze the iatrogenic AIDS problem from a global perspective through international comparisons of the number of people infected with HIV and also to look from a ‘sociobiological’ perspective at the possibility of viral outbreaks in the near future and the conditions that have precipitated this hazard

Potensi Bahaya Bagi Keselamatan Pengunjung di Kawasan Wisata Pantai Pangandaran Kabupaten Pangandaran Jawa Barat

Pangandaran Beach Tourism Area is one of leading tourism areas in West Java. During certain period of time, hazard has often cause accidents toward visitors in the area. Therefore, there is a need to identify physical and biological hazards which threaten visitors\u27 safety in order to develop visitor safety management. Research was carried out in June – July 2011, and an update was conducted in January – February 2017, which covered three locations, i.e. Pantai Barat, Pantai Timur, and Pantai Pasir Putih. Field observation, interview with visitors, community and lifeguard, and literature review were employed in data collection. A hundred respondents for each visitor and community was selected using convenient sampling method. The result found rip current, plunging wave, tsunami, earthquake, wave, and tide as physical hazard, while jellyfish, sea snake, sea urchin, lionfish, and stone fish as biological hazard found in the sea, and long-tailed macaque as terrestrial biological hazard. Rip current possessed substantial risk that had to be avoided through the establishment of swimming prohibition area. Visitor\u27s safety management technique option for rip current hazard involved a socialization toward visitors about self-rescue technique in case they are swept by rip current

Evaluation of parasite antigens in Elisa for the detection of toxoplasma infection in pigs

One-third of the human world population is infected with the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii Toxoplasmosis is an old disease but is still very underreported and neglected disease

Development of a nucleic acid lateral flow immunoassay for simultaneous detection of Listeria spp. and Listeriamonocytogenes in food

We present a new nucleic acid lateral flow immunoassay (NALFIA) for the assessment of listeria contamination. The detection procedure starts with enrichment of sample in Half Fraser broth (24 h). Following isolation of DNA, a duplex PCR is performed with two labelled primer sets, one generic and directed to a specific sequence of the gene encoding 16S rRNA from Listeria spp. and the other specific and directed to a part of the prfA gene encoding the central virulence gene regulator from the food pathogen Listeria monocytogenes (3.5 h). The PCR solution is directly added to the one-step assay device and the appearance of a grey/black line is indicative of the presence of specific amplicons (max 15 min). In all tests performed, the method correctly identified L. monocytogenes and strains of Listeria spp. PCR material of over 20 food samples was tested by NALFIA. The method proved to be useful for the detection of L. monocytogenes in different kinds of food sample

МІЖВІДОМЧЕ СПІВРОБІТНИЦТВО В УПРАВЛІННІ РИЗИКАМИ БІОЛОГІЧНИХ НЕБЕЗПЕК

Many countries have already developed and implemented a large number of specific measures to combat natural disasters and reduce the risk of each type of disaster. The article emphasizes that biological hazards differ from other hazards in that it is difficult to predict not only when an event will occur, but also which biological agent will cause a catastrophe that will lead to a specific scenario and whether it will be natural, accidental or intentional. Thus, "biological hazard" describes a much broader and more freely defined area than in the case of hazards whose mechanisms are easier to predict.Many countries have already developed and implemented a large number of specific measures to combat natural disasters and reduce the risk of each type of disaster. The article emphasizes that biological hazards differ from other hazards in that it is difficult to predict not only when an event will occur, but also which biological agent will cause a catastrophe that will lead to a specific scenario and whether it will be natural, accidental or intentional. Thus, "biological hazard" describes a much broader and more freely defined area than in the case of hazards whose mechanisms are easier to predict