In the case of automakers, a trade accord ideally would harmonize safety requirements and emissions standards, so that the same car built in Europe could be sold in the United States, and vice versa, without modifying bumpers, headlights and other components.
It is, in our view, a complementary perspective on traffic safety work, especially with reference to harmonize traffic safety guidelines at a European level.
Recent efforts by a WHO working group to develop a set of core data for systematic collection will help to harmonize vaccine safety monitoring and meaningful analysis of AEFI data in resource-constrained settings [ 17 ].
The paper is unique because the merits of several professionals in fields such as social science, engineering, and medicine are harmonized to achieve success in a safety improvement program.
Borders were opened; freedom of personal movement was guaranteed; and product, safety and food regulations were harmonized, a process immortalized by the Eurosausage episode of the TV show "Yes Minister," in which the minister in question is told that under new European rules, the traditional British sausage no longer qualifies as a sausage and must be renamed the Emulsified High-Fat Offal Tube.
First, an internationally harmonized data exchange format for information related to food safety modelling would be of enormous value.
Indeed, that system could be used to define strict common rules in order to maintain as high a safety level as possible; working methods and procedures could be harmonized and route-allocation on the basis of demand quantified.
The Drafting Group's main objective was to "define, harmonize and group patient safety concepts into an internationally agreed classification in a way that is conducive to learning and improving patient safety across systems" [ 10], p3.
The usage of consistent terminology and harmonized diagnostic procedures would improve the possibilities for infection prevention, treatment and patient safety.
