The environmental impact of asbestos fibers on human health and their consequent safety-related problems indicate that there is a significant need to replace this material in all asbestos-containing products.
The discussion explores the extent to which patterns of reform that have been consequent on food safety scares in the late 1990s and early years of this decade have matched the rhetorics in terms of which they were justified, and solved the problems of legitimation that they had highlighted.
Longtime practitioners expressed reservations about the increasing rapidity of certification processes for instructors, maintaining that it encouraged a superficial understanding of the movements involved and a consequent disregard for the safety of future students.
Since falls and consequent injuries affect patient safety and may damage a hospital's reputation, various falls prevention programs have been implemented [ 26, 27].
This level optimises staff usage, prevents undue resourcing while allowing flexibility in the system to deal with variations in the day-to-day activity with a consequent improvement in the safety environment on labour ward.
There are several before/after studies that have estimated the variation of accident frequency or safety related indicators consequent to the introduction of specific measures [7, 13, 18].
Having a company car can lead to changes in one's driving behavior and is associated with more aggressive and dangerous driving behavior, thus producing a considerable negative impact on safety and a consequent increase in road crashes.
As timing and severity of influenza changes annually, delays in information reaching healthcare settings could result in a lack of readiness, especially related to hospital workforce staffing, with consequent risks of compromising patient safety and increased mortality [ 4, 5].
The proposed approach is useful for better design of safety measures to prevent consequent accidents or minimise the harmful impacts during an accident.
