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You searched for these word(s): risk assessmentNew risk limits for PFAS in surface water
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/new-risk-limits-for-pfas-in-surface-water… Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) has derived new risk limits for PFAS in surface water . The guiding … (RPF method - link to document on website) that enables the risks posed by several PFAS to be calculated. After all, … up, this total quantity of PFOA can be compared with the risk limit for PFOA. Hence RIVM is translating EFSA’s …
Publication date: 09-26-2022Stricter requirements needed for assessment of plant protection products
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/stricter-requirements-needed-for-assessment-of-plant-protection-products… Changes are needed in the assessment framework used to assess plant protection … missing According to the RIVM study, the current assessment framework do not include some of the information … the methods that are needed to do so. Research in Europe on risks of plant protection products Various institutions in …
Publication date: 11-18-2021Repeat vaccination against COVID-19: risk groups first, then everyone 12 and up
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/repeat-vaccination-against-covid-19-risk-groups-first-then-everyone-12-and-up… will send invitations to people under 60 who have a higher risk of severe COVID-19. The Municipal Public Health … first invitations will be sent to people who have a higher risk of severe COVID-19 and to care workers who have contact … Starting from 13 September 2022, people who have a higher risk of serious illness and death from COVID-19 can expect …
Publication date: 09-12-2022VECTOR study – Vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19 related hospital admissions in risk groups
https://www.rivm.nl/en/vector… vaccinated and still get COVID-19 generally have a lower risk of a severe course of the disease, and therefore have a lower risk of being admitted to hospital due to COVID-19. The … also possible to look at vaccine effectiveness in specific risk groups. The study also examines how long protection …
Publication date: 11-22-2021European project COHESIVE develops sustainable One Health approaches
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/european-project-cohesive-develops-sustainable-one-health-approaches… food and environmental domains in the area of signalling, risk assessment and control of (emerging) zoonoses in and between … (One Health) approach to share signals, assess risks and coordinate the response is essential to minimise … tool to help select the best suitable tool supporting risk assessment in a specific situation. These guidelines will be …
Publication date: 11-08-2021Generic framework for coronavirus measures in effect before 25 September 2021
https://www.rivm.nl/en/coronavirus-covid-19/frameworks-for-covid-19-measures/generic/measures-in-effect-before-25-september-2021… This framework replaces previous guidance documents and assessment frameworks provided by RIVM. Specific parts of … are fewer changes in personnel, there will be a smaller risk of spreading COVID-19 in the event of asymptomatic or … an occupational hygienist can, after a site visit and assessment, advise the entrepreneur on specifically …
Publication date: 11-11-2021Hepatitis B
https://www.rivm.nl/en/national-immunisation-programme/hepatitus-b… Children who have contracted hepatitis B are at particular risk of becoming chronic carriers of the virus. Children …
Publication date: 09-20-2022Zoonoses Report 2020 focuses on emerging zoonoses
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/zoonoses-report-2020-focuses-on-emerging-zoonoses… Virus in 2020 show that so-called emerging zoonoses pose a risk to the Netherlands. Zoonoses are diseases that can be …
Publication date: 11-26-2021Use of Salvia divinorum may have adverse health effects
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/use-of-salvia-divinorum-may-have-adverse-health-effects… ingredient). This advice comes from a Ministry-commissioned risk assessment carried out by RIVM. In this assessment, RIVM investigated whether this product posed any health risks. Psychotropic Dried Salvia divinorum leaves and herbal …
Publication date: 09-07-2022Jørgen de Jonge, PhD
https://www.rivm.nl/en/about-rivm/knowledge-and-expertise/experts-and-expertise/jorgen-jonge-phd… for influenza vaccine evaluation and performed viral safety risk assessments for vaccines. He took part in the WHO Global …
Publication date: 09-29-2022Dr. P. B. (Puck) van Kasteren
https://www.rivm.nl/en/about-rivm/knowledge-and-expertise/experts-and-expertise/puck-van-kasteren… to increase the predictive value of preclinical vaccine assessment and reduce the need for animal studies. In …
Publication date: 09-28-2022Coronavirus variant Omicron found in 13 positive tests so far
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/coronavirus-variant-omicron-found-in-13-positive-tests-so-far… returning to the Netherlands from countries with Omicron risk: please get tested People who returned on Monday 22 … who recently travelled from one of the designated high-risk countries to the Netherlands should go into quarantine …
Publication date: 11-28-2021Autumn wave of COVID-19 may be starting: vaccination and testing are key
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/autumn-wave-of-covid-19-may-be-starting-vaccination-and-testing-are-key… and passing it on to others. Some people have a higher risk of severe illness due to COVID-19, especially people … serious illness. Some groups of people have a higher risk of serious illness. That makes them vulnerable . That …
Publication date: 09-27-2022Unvaccinated COVID-19 patients in hospital nearly 20 years younger than vaccinated patients
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/unvaccinated-covid-19-patients-in-hospital-nearly-20-years-younger-than-vaccinated-patients… unchanged in July through October. This means that the risk of hospital admission with COVID-19 is 17 times lower … fully vaccinated people than for non-vaccinated people. The risk of ICU admission is 33 times lower. Vaccine … high than vaccine effectiveness in younger age groups. The risk of hospital admission was more than 9 times higher …
Publication date: 11-05-2021Nationwide study into chlamydia and gonorrhoea
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/nationwide-study-into-chlamydia-and-gonorrhoea… for example, or because they feel they have been at risk of contracting an STI. But people without symptoms may …
Publication date: 09-27-2022Invitation for booster vaccination sent to people over 80
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/invitation-for-booster-vaccination-sent-to-people-over-80… protection from vaccination is waning, thus increasing the risk of serious illness. The older age groups are the most …
Publication date: 11-18-2021Awareness and use of cigarillos, heated tobacco and nicotine pouches relatively low
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/awareness-and-use-of-cigarillos-heated-tobacco-and-nicotine-pouches-relatively-low… also expects that better informing the public about health risks will result in fewer people using the products. Not …
Publication date: 11-11-2021Effect of air cleaners on COVID-19 not yet clear
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/effect-of-air-cleaners-on-covid-19-not-yet-clear… cleaners could also be used in indoor spaces with a higher risk of airborne transmission of the virus, such as in busy …
Publication date: 09-22-2022Campylobacter most common pathogen found in dairy cattle
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/campylobacter-most-common-pathogen-found-in-dairy-cattle… are comparable to the results from 2017. Reducing the risk of infection Many types of bacteria live in the …
Publication date: 09-30-2022First vaccination figures for autumn round of COVID-19 repeat vaccination
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/first-vaccination-figures-for-autumn-round-of-covid-19-repeat-vaccination… older, people who will turn 60 this year, people in medical risk groups, and care workers who have contact with patients …
Publication date: 09-27-2022