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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"safety indicators"”.
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Developing system-based leading indicators for proactive risk management in the chemical processing industry
… faced challenges with achieving improvements in safety performance, and accidents continue to occur. When accidents occur, they usually have a confluence of multiple factors, suggesting that there are underlying complex systemic problems. Moreover, accident investigations often reveal that …
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Variations in Quality Outcomes Among Hospitals in Different Types of Health Systems
… of variations in patient quality of care or safety indicators across different systems. Our study examines whether five main types of health systems - centralized (CHS), centralized physician/insurance (CPIHS), moderately centralized (MCHS), decentralized (DHS), and independent (IHS) - as …
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The impact of legislation and other factors on the safety performance of Australian coal mines
… of the thesis is to investigate the current safety paradigm in the Australian coal mining industry and establish if the safety performance is improving. The number of fatalities, serious bodily injuries and high potential injuries is unsatisfactory according to community standards. People are …
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Safety Analysis of Human Car-following Models
… goal of zero fatality on the road. A thorough safety analysis is mandatory as a system failure can result in serious injuries and even loss of lives, and simulation is extensively used for this purpose. The simulation requires the consideration of human drivers in the system as the future …
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3D Object Detection for Road Safety at Urban Intersections
Road safety is a critical issue, with road trauma resulting in 1.25 million fatalities and 50 million injuries annually worldwide. Using crash data and traditional methods, it can take years and even decades to collect enough data to evaluate the safety of complex road infrastructure, such as …
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A framework to enhance organisational performance in large-scale, diverse infrastructure major projects
… Performance in this sense includes its safety indicators, health and overall performance data (timing and cost) which are aims of business in the built environment, as well as aims for organisational development practitioners. A framework was developed through an actual case study with …
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What Cost Hospital Quality: Performance Uncertainty Under Market Reform
… were derived from three selected AHRQ patient safety indicators and an inpatient mortality rate. The measurement model was validated as evidencing significant systematic between-hospital variation. Audited survey data, along with inpatient discharge data was used to develop hospital economic …
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Improving preharvest sampling for pathogens in leafy greens through simulations and development of alternative approaches
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2026-05-01
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Latent preconditions of medication administration errors: development of a proactive error-management tool
… techniques (EMTs) employed within other 'safety-critical' organisations (DOH 2000,2001). The aim of this research was to develop a valid and reliable proactive measure of latent organisational failures (EMT) for use in secondary care using a psychological theory of organisational accidents …
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A method for analysing the traffic process in a safety perspective
The aim of this study is to extend the traffic safety assessment concept to also include normal road user behaviour, thus not only exceptional behaviours such as accidents and serious conflicts. The goal is to provide a framework for a more thorough description and analysis of safety related road …