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Safety
Freedom from exposure to danger and protection from the occurrence or risk of injury or loss. It suggests optimal precautions in the workplace, on the street, in the home, etc., and includes personal safety as well as the safety of property.
Year introduced: 1991(1975)
Safety-net Providers
Providers that by mandate or mission organize and deliver a significant level of health care and other health-related services to the uninsured, Medicaid recipients, and other vulnerable patients.
Year introduced: 2014
Material Safety Data Sheets
Information or data used to ensure the safe handling and disposal of substances in the workplace. Such information includes physical properties (i.e. melting, boiling, flashing points), as well as data on toxicity, health effects, reactivity, storage, disposal, first-aid, protective equipment, and spill-handling procedures.
Chemical Safety
Risk or hazard associated with the handling and use of chemicals.
Year introduced: 2013
Patient Safety
Efforts to reduce risk, to address and reduce incidents and accidents that may negatively impact healthcare consumers.
Year introduced: 2012
Food Safety
Activities involved in ensuring the safety of FOOD including avoidance of bacterial and other contamination.
Year introduced: 2011
Blood Safety
The degree to which the blood supply for BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS is free of harmful substances or infectious agents, and properly typed and crossmatched (BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING) to insure serological compatibility between BLOOD DONORS and recipients.
Safety-Based Medical Device Withdrawals
Removal of a MEDICAL DEVICE from the market due to the identification of an intrinsic property of the device that results in a serious risk to public health.
Year introduced: 2010
Safety-Based Drug Withdrawals
Removal of a drug from the market due to the identification of an intrinsic property of the drug that results in a serious risk to public health.
Safety Management
The development of systems to prevent accidents, injuries, and other adverse occurrences in an institutional setting. The concept includes prevention or reduction of adverse events or incidents involving employees, patients, or facilities. Examples include plans to reduce injuries from falls or plans for fire safety to promote a safe institutional environment.
Year introduced: 1994
United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration
An office in the Department of Labor responsible for developing and establishing occupational safety and health standards.
Year introduced: 1982
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S.
An institute of the CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION which is responsible for assuring safe and healthful working conditions and for developing standards of safety and health. Research activities are carried out pertinent to these goals.
Year introduced: 2020 (1984)
Equipment Safety
Freedom of equipment from actual or potential hazards.
Consumer Product Safety
The sum total of measures taken and regulatory policies enacted to ensure the safe use of consumer products.
Psychological Safety
An environment where people are able to act and engage without fear of punishment or humiliation from others.
Year introduced: 2024
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points
A system of safety management (abbreviated HACCP) applied mainly to the food industry. It involves the analysis and control of biological, chemical, and physical hazards, from raw material production, procurement and handling, to manufacturing, distribution and consumption of finished products.
Clinical Trials Data Monitoring Committees
Committees established to review interim data and efficacy outcomes in clinical trials. The findings of these committees are used in deciding whether a trial should be continued as designed, changed, or terminated. Government regulations regarding federally-funded research involving human subjects (the Common Rule) require (45 CFR 46.111) that research ethics committees reviewing large-scale clinical trials monitor the data collected using a mechanism such as a data monitoring committee. FDA regulations (21 CFR 50.24) require that such committees be established to monitor studies conducted in emergency settings.
Year introduced: 2002
Child Restraint Systems
Devices used to protect and restrain infant and child automotive passengers.
Protective Devices
Devices designed to provide protection against injury.
Year introduced: 1970
Eye Protective Devices
Personal devices for protection of the eyes from impact, flying objects, glare, liquids, or injurious radiation.
