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You searched for these word(s): risk assessmentRisk groups and COVID-19
https://www.rivm.nl/en/coronavirus-covid-19/risk-groups… health conditions, or have impaired immunity have a higher risk of severe illness from COVID-19. Some adults and children in medical high-risk groups have an underlying health condition or medication that causes a higher risk of severe illness due to COVID-19, even if they are …
Publication date: 05-06-2020PARC
https://www.rivm.nl/en/international-projects/parc… The European Partnership for the Assessment of Risks from Chemicals: PARC aims to advance … research, share knowledge and improve skills in chemical risk assessment. By doing so, it will help support the … Partnership for the Assessment of Risks from Chemicals …
Publication date: 06-01-2022Working with the DustEx web application
https://www.rivm.nl/en/consumer-exposure-to-chemical-substances/exposure-models/dustex/working-with-the-dustex-web-application2… parameters is scarce. To assist in performing exposure assessments with the DustEx model a compilation of available … do not depend on the substance and product for which the assessment is conducted) defaults are suggested in the web … fields. In this way an uncertainty analysis of the exposure assessment can be performed. A brief discussion on how …
Publication date: 05-14-2020References
https://www.rivm.nl/en/consumer-exposure-to-chemical-substances/exposure-models/DustEx/References… Veen MP. 2002. Children’s toys fact sheet. To assess the risks for the consumer. RIVM report 612810012/2002. Delmaar … from solid matrices. A method for consumer exposure assessment. RIVM Report 320104011. Ionas AC, Ulevicus J, …
Publication date: 05-14-2020Staying 1.5 metres apart is growing more difficult
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/staying-15-metres-apart-is-growing-more-difficult… more difficult for people to manage. People with a higher risk of serious illness from a coronavirus infection are … is striking that people who believe that they have a higher risk of becoming infected are more likely to adhere to the … of 1.5 meters themselves, and therefore think that the risk of infection is higher. RIVM hopes to provide more …
Publication date: 05-26-2020Public perception of the coronavirus crisis
https://www.rivm.nl/en/coronavirus-covid-19/research/public-perception-of-the-coronavirus-crisis… the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, and about how they perceive the risk that the virus poses to their own health and that of … about figures on morbidity (illness), mortality (death) and risk of illness due to the coronavirus. Many participants …
Publication date: 05-13-2020FORMATEX23
https://www.rivm.nl/en/international-projects/formatex23… for the re-certification of the Dutch Environmental Assessment Unit (EAU), operated by RIVM, as part of the … countries. RIVM took part through the Environmental Assessment Unit (EAU). RIVM role RIVM deployed the Dutch … screening services, quick measurements, sampling, and risk or impact assessments. The team offered rapid and …
Publication date: 06-02-2022Q&A on the proposal for a ban on the use of PFAS (restriction)
https://www.rivm.nl/en/pfas/restriction-proposal/qa-on-the-proposal-for-a-ban-on-the-use-of-PFAS… The countries are proposing this restriction to limit the risks that these substances pose to people and the … Netherlands wants to restrict the use of PFAS to limit the risks that these substances pose to people and the … Subsequently, two European scientific committees (RAC Risk Assessment Committee and SEAC Socio-Economic Assessment …
Publication date: 05-11-2020Current knowledge on microplastics in the soil is still inadequate
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/current-knowledge-on-microplastics-in-soil-is-still-inadequate… microplastics on humans, plants and animals. Assessing the risks of different types of microplastics to the soil simultaneously. Existing frameworks for the risk assessment of substances are unsuitable for this, as …
Publication date: 06-12-2022NextGEM
https://www.rivm.nl/en/international-projects/nextgem… bands, and develop and validate tools for evidence-based risk assessment. …
Publication date: 06-01-2022IRISS
https://www.rivm.nl/en/international-projects/iriss… CHARISMA, SusNanoFab, NanoHarmony , NanoSolveIT, RiskGone, HARMLESS, NanoFabNet, PATROLS , EuPC, ECP4, IUMRS … IRISS envisages interaction with the Partnership on the assessment of risks of chemicals ( PARC ) to ensure cross-fertilisation …
Publication date: 06-01-2022The 1.5-metre society is difficult to maintain
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/15-metre-society-is-difficult-to-maintain… rule is sometimes difficult to achieve in actual practice. Risk of catching or passing on the coronavirus 28% believe … rule until the end of June, according to their own best assessment. 60% still support this policy through the end of …
Publication date: 05-14-2020TransPharm
https://www.rivm.nl/en/international-projects/transpharm… on the environment; Develop an environmental sustainability assessment system, improving life cycle assessments for pharmaceuticals; Identify barriers and … work package where we work on environmental sustainaility assessment of pharmaceuticals. Dr Yasmin de Wit coordinates …
Publication date: 06-01-2022Nearly twice as many cases involving long-term symptoms after COVID-19
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/nearly-twice-as-many-cases-involving-long-term-symptoms-after-covid-19… preventing long-term symptoms show mixed results. Further assessment is therefore needed to make informed statements …
Publication date: 06-21-2022Mpox
https://www.rivm.nl/en/mpox… MSM contact (men who have sex with men). The highest risk of infection is among men who frequently have sex with … or breathing, if people are very close to each other. The risk of spreading mpox in this way currently appears to be … an mpox lesion How can I prevent mpox? You can reduce the risk of mpox by not having intimate or skin-to-skin contact …
Publication date: 06-01-2022Monkeypox continues spreading
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/monkeypox-continues-spreading… which people connected to the patient may also be at risk of infection. These ‘high-risk contacts’ are offered advice from the GGD and access to a vaccination. This vaccination reduces the risk that the virus will spread through the body and can …
Publication date: 06-30-2022SARS-CoV-2 infections continue to rise
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/SARS-CoV-2-infections-continue-to-rise… the coronavirus”. Even so, a repeat vaccination reduces the risk of ending up in hospital, making it one and a half … after the booster jab. Also, the booster jab reduces the risk of hospital admission by more than 3 times compared to the basic series of vaccinations. The risk of infecting someone else is also reduced after a …
Publication date: 06-28-2022About the study
https://www.rivm.nl/en/health-research-for-covid-19/about-the-study… will present results on changes in healthcare use, possible risk groups and regional/local differences. This information … on occurrence of physical and mental symptoms, possible risk groups and regional/local differences. This information …
Publication date: 06-22-2022Upward trend in infections continues
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/upward-trend-in-infections-continues… the BA.5 variant does not appear to involve a very high risk of severe illness, the virus can still have serious … serious illness and hospital admission and reduces the risk that you will pass the virus on to others. For everyone …
Publication date: 06-21-2022RIVM activities for Ukraine: donated medicines and focus on infectious diseases
https://www.rivm.nl/en/rivm-activities-for-ukraine-donated-medicines-and-focus-on-infectious-diseases… Team designed measures to map out infectious disease risks and reduce them wherever possible. Countless emails … of infectious diseases among refugees. They mapped possible risks and looked at the measures needed to ensure infectious disease control. Mariska Hafkamp from RIVM is involved as a policy advisor. She …
Publication date: 06-30-2022