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You searched for these word(s): risk assessmentMicrobial risk assessment
https://www.rivm.nl/en/who-collaborating-centre-risk-assessment-of-pathogens-in-food-and-water/terms-of-reference/microbial-risk-assessment… WHO in The Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meetings on Microbiological Risk Assessment (JEMRA). The CC provides technical expertise and peer review for JEMRA risk assessment. A guidance document will be prepared for … Microbial risk assessment … Microbial risk assessment …
Publication date: 03-07-2016Toolbox and resources WHO CC Risk Assessment Pathogens in Food and Water
https://www.rivm.nl/en/who-collaborating-centre-risk-assessment-of-pathogens-in-food-and-water/toolbox-and-resources… safety through its expertise in Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment (QMRA). This approach allows for estimating the health risks posed by human pathogens in food and water through … Toolbox and resources WHO CC Risk Assessment Pathogens in Food and Water …
Publication date: 03-07-2016Energy transition makes high-risk companies more vulnerable to power failures
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/energy-transition-makes-high-risk-companies-more-vulnerable-to-power-failures… also the chance of accidents. It is important that high-risk companies consider how they can prevent accidents … that work with large amounts of hazardous materials (high-risk companies) are electrifying their processes. Since … often involves new processes, which themselves lead to new risks within the company. Cause of accidents The RIVM study …
Publication date: 10-04-2022Upward trend in COVID-19 figures continues: extra risk for vulnerable groups
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/upward-trend-in-COVID-19-figures-continues-extra-risk-for-vulnerable-groups… due to COVID-19. The current situation presents extra risks, especially for vulnerable groups of people. The RIVM … can spread more easily. Some groups of people have a higher risk of serious illness resulting from the coronavirus … as a result. They are particularly vulnerable. The highest risk applies to people aged 70 years and older. However, …
Publication date: 10-11-2022Changes to the human environment: urgent focus on infectious diseases needed
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/changes-to-human-environment-urgent-focus-on-infectious-diseases-needed… to the living environment can unintentionally increase the risk of spreading pathogens. This can be prevented through … with which municipalities, for example, can assess the risk of an infectious disease. In addition, platforms must … Although a green environment is essential, people are at risk of being bitten by ticks, for example, or of falling …
Publication date: 10-20-2022EFSA-RIVM Symposium 2016
https://www.rivm.nl/en/food-safety/efsa-rivm-symposium-2016… has been made in developing methods for assessing the risk to public health of such exposures to multiple … scientific progress in the whole area of chemical mixture risk assessment and to discuss the feasibility and prioritisation … EFSA-RIVM Symposium 'The future of risk assessment and toxicity testing for chemical mixtures' …
Publication date: 03-10-2016Reflecting on European One Health project COHESIVE
https://www.rivm.nl/en/international-projects/cohesive/interview-kitty-maassen-reflects-on-four-year-project… the Zoonoses Structure is a human-veterinary integrated risk analysis system. The first step is signalling the potential issue and followed by scaling up risk assessment, management and communication as appropriate and … “A risk analysis system for communicable diseases already …
Publication date: 10-26-2022Higher alert level for Ebola
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/higher-alert-level-for-ebola… alert to symptoms that could indicate Ebola. However, the risk of patients with this disease in the Netherlands … outbreak of Ebola somewhere in the world, with a realistic risk that there may be a patient in the Netherlands. The risk is real, but remains low. Outbreak in Uganda On 20 …
Publication date: 10-13-2022Implementation of a National Inventory of Dangerous Pathogens in Sri Lanka (NIPD Sri Lanka)
https://www.rivm.nl/en/global-health-security/biosafety-and-biosecurity/NIPD-SriLanka… pathogens and support regarding biosecurity and dual-use risk assessments and awareness raisin activities. Goal of the … among stakeholders on biosecurity and dual-use related risks. A national inventory also helps to prevent deliberate …
Publication date: 10-28-2022GUIDEnano
https://www.rivm.nl/en/international-projects/guidenano… Assessment and mitigation of nano-enabled product risks on … to evaluate and manage human and environmental health risks of nano-enabled products, considering the whole … of cost-effective strategies for experimental exposure assessment. These will include on-site and off-site …
Publication date: 03-09-2016Contribution to WHO Guidelines
https://www.rivm.nl/en/who-collaborating-centre-risk-assessment-of-pathogens-in-food-and-water/terms-of-reference/contribution-to-who-guidelines… the work of the Joint Expert meeting for Microbiological Risk Assessment (JEMRA) on Water Quality in Food Production and … have already been developed by the WHO on water quality assessment and management. This includes the Guidelines for …
Publication date: 03-08-2016Awareness raising and capacity building
https://www.rivm.nl/en/who-collaborating-centre-risk-assessment-of-pathogens-in-food-and-water/terms-of-reference/awareness-raising-and-capacity-building… Planning and Water Quality Monitoring One of the greatest risks to drinking-water safety is contamination with human … to managing drinking-water safety. WSP is a comprehensive risk assessment and risk management approach that encompasses all …
Publication date: 03-08-2016No measures needed after investigation of substances similar to banned substances in plant protection products
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/no-measures-needed-after-investigation-of-substances-similar-to-banned-substances-in-plant… very rarely used in the Netherlands. The European Union’s reassessment of this substance is currently in progress. The … that the quality of the information used to assess the risks of plant protection products is not high enough. This … Parkinson’s disease. RIVM is exploring ways to improve the risk assessment. Substances similar to banned substances In …
Publication date: 10-06-2022FutureNanoNeeds
https://www.rivm.nl/en/international-projects/futurenanoneeds… At this point, it is not possible to make an accurate assessment of the risks these particles may pose for humans and the … developed calculation models to allow the prediction of the risks of new generations of nanoparticles. The key outcome …
Publication date: 03-09-2016Disease burden estimation tools in a One Health approach
https://www.rivm.nl/en/who-collaborating-centre-risk-assessment-of-pathogens-in-food-and-water/terms-of-reference/disease-burden-estimation-tools-in-a-one-health-approach… of countries in conducting burden of foodborne disease assessments and increasing the number of countries that … were designated in the WHO Collaborating Centre for Risk Assessment of Pathogens in Water and Food (specifically ToR …
Publication date: 03-08-2016Antimicrobial resistance
https://www.rivm.nl/en/who-collaborating-centre-risk-assessment-of-pathogens-in-food-and-water/terms-of-reference/antimicrobial-resistance… of the terms of reference of the WHO Collaborating Centre Risk Assessment of Pathogens in Food and Water is to assist WHO …
Publication date: 03-08-2016Implementation of a National Inventory of Dangerous Pathogens in North Africa (CRDF)
https://www.rivm.nl/en/global-health-security/biosafety-and-biosecurity/crdf-implementation-of-nidp-in-north-africa… for and secure materials that represent proliferation risks. Without an accurate national overview, it is … to establish biosecurity legislation and promote biorisk management. A comprehensive record of dangerous … used as the basis for establishing appropriate biosecurity assessments and monitoring systems. The project aimed to …
Publication date: 10-28-2022PFAS levels in drinking water from river water need to be brought down
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/pfas-levels-in-drinking-water-from-river-water-need-to-be-brought-down… this being harmful to their health. This value is used in risk assessments and does not have legal status. New scientific …
Publication date: 10-24-2022Help
https://www.rivm.nl/en/consexpo/help… from Solid Matrices: A method for consumer exposure assessment Spray model Overarching issues – ConsExpo Web and … and the physicochemical properties of the substance under assessment are needed. This report describes in detail how … Web tool is to be used to conduct consumer exposure assessments. It describes how to add multiple scenarios to …
Publication date: 03-22-2016SOLUTIONS
https://www.rivm.nl/en/international-projects/solutions… need to improve principles and practices for protection, assessment and management of chemical pollution under the … of products. Most relevant for water quality protection, assessment, and management is a series of Policy Briefs . … tool, as described in the Policy Brief Chemical pollution assessment tools . The policy- and practice-oriented …
Publication date: 03-09-2016