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5 Framework for Event Management
Pages 74-79

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... Risk assessment involves identification and scaling of an event in terms of the biological agents involved and the effects on building systems and potentially exposed populations. Risk management broadly includes preparation, coordination, decontamination, clearance, communication, and medical monitoring, This chapter introduces risk assessment and outlines the factors it should consider.
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... A risk assessment that involves a microbiological pathogen—also known as quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA - can follow the framework developed for assessing the risk attributable to exposure to harmful chemical agents as outlined by the Natior.al Research Council (NRC, 1983) , and it broadly includes the following steps: 75 · Hazard assessment involves identifying pathogens, determining how exposure occurred, and assessing the potential outcomes of infection (course of disease)
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... A risk assessment approach was used in the development of the surface water treatment rule, which requires utilizes that process surface water to demonstrate specific treatment results for reduction of Giardia and viruses before the water is distributed (Macler and Regli, 1993)
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... , the process focuses on microorganisms in water, but much of it is relevant to the task of assessing harms caused by biological agents that could be released into public buildings or facilities. The first step is problem formulation, "a systemabc planning step that identifies the goals, breadth, and focus of the risk assessment, [and]
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... That segment of the process would include characterizahon of uncertainty, variability, and confidence the decision-making group has in the estimates used above; sensitivity analysis to identify and evaluate the most important variables and information needs; and a decision analysis that evaluates alternative nsk management strategies. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Finding 5-1 The QlVIRA process, developed over the past 20 years, has been used to inform decision making about events involving microbial hazards that affect food safety, drinking-water quality, and the use of isolation rooms in hospitals,
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... 1993. Use of microbial risk assessment m settmg United States dnnkmg water standards.
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