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Public bus passenger safety evaluations in Ghana: A phenomenological constructivist exploration Universiteit Hasselt KU Leuven
Notwithstanding the growing body of literature that recognises the importance of personal safety to public transport (PT) users, it remains unclear what PT users consider regarding their safety. In this study, we explore the criteria PT users in Ghana use to assess bus safety. This knowledge will afford a better understanding of PT users’ risk perceptions and assessments which may contribute to theoretical models of PT risk perceptions. We ...
Screening of repeated dose toxicity data present in SCC(NF)P/SCCS safety evaluations of cosmetic ingredients Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Alternative methods, replacing animal testing, are urgently needed in view of the European regulatory changes in the field of cosmetic products and their ingredients. In this context, a joint research initiative called SEURAT was recently raised by the European Commission and COLIPA, representing the European cosmetics industry, with the overall goal of developing an animal-free repeated dose toxicity testing strategy for human safety assessment ...
Productivity estimation in economic evaluations of occupational health and safety interventions: a systematic review KU Leuven
Objectives Occupational health and safety (OHS) interventions` effect on worker productivity is an essential, but complex element of the value of these programs. The trustworthiness of economic evaluation studies, aiming to provide guidance to decision-makers in the field of OHS, depends at least partly on how accurately productivity changes are measured. We aim to review the methods used to estimate productivity changes in recently published ...
An unbiased method for probabilistic fire safety engineering, requiring a limited number of model evaluations Universiteit Gent
Evaluating road safety measures: analyzing differences between socio-economic evaluation methods in terms of effects included, basic assumptions, aims and goals Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Prospective clinical evaluation of the POLYPERF® Safe, a safety Huber needle, in cancer patients KU Leuven
PURPOSE: Evaluation of the Polyperf® Safe (PPS) needle on safety and user-friendliness, as experienced by first-time and non-first-time users of the device. METHODS: A prospective, descriptive study was carried out at the University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium. Five hundred PPS needles were individually evaluated in cancer patients. Different aspects of the PPS were assessed: packaging, needle insertion, and needle removal. Nurses were asked ...
Evaluation of Traffic Safety at Un-signalized Intersections Using Microsimulation:A Utilization of Proximal Safety Indicators Universiteit Hasselt
In many cases crashes at intersections account for over 50% of all urban road crashes. The need to reduce these crashes has fostered considerable research on the development and evaluation of traffic safety at intersections. This paper introduces a micro-level behavioral approach for estimating the crash potential at unsignalized intersections for different traffic conditions. To this end, proximal safety indicators which represent the temporal ...
Reliability-based evaluation of the inherent safety presumptions in common fire safety design Universiteit Gent
Does lean management improve patient safety culture? An extensive evaluation of safety culture in a radiotherapy institute. Universiteit Hasselt
PURPOSE: The importance of a safety culture to maximize safety is no longer questioned. However, achieving sustainable culture improvements are less evident. Evidence is growing for a multifaceted approach, where multiple safety interventions are combined. Lean management is such an integral approach to improve safety, quality and efficiency and therefore, could be expected to improve the safety culture. This paper presents the effects of lean ...