• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제50권2호
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• pp.77-84
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• 2018

In Singapore, biosafety and biosecurity measures are controlled by the Biological Agents and Toxins Act (BATA) and other requirements by regulatory agencies. The law prohibits and otherwise regulates the possession, use, import, transhipment, transfer, and transportation of biological agents, inactivated biological agents, and toxins that are of public health concern. The law also defines the facility requirements for high risk biological agents and toxins. The containment facility (BSL 3) is a minimum requirement to handle biological agents that falls under Schedule 1 (Risk Group 3). The Nanyang Technological University School of Biological Sciences Biosafety Level 3 Facility (NTU-SBS BSL 3) was designed specifically for research involving potential hazardous biological materials. The facility requires yearly re-certification by an approved facility certifier to meet the local requirements and international biosafety standards for a containment facility in many instances. On the other hand, most NTU researchers conduct biological projects involving biological agents with low or moderate risk groups (Risk Groups 1 and 2 or biological agents described in schedule 3 and 4 of BATA) and GMOs, which need only a BSL 2 laboratory. BSL 2 laboratories are yet to be legally certified or registered in Singapore. Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) identifies the requirements; defines a minimum standard in the safe control of biological risks and registers all BSL 2 laboratories in the NTU. Therefore, under the guidance of the IBC, the University Biosafety and Biosecurity Programme includes the audit and certification program as a unique and an internal exercise to bring NTU biosafety to a higher level.

• 한국재난정보학회 논문집
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.768-783
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• 2020

연구목적: 국내 다중이용업소는 업종의 특수성 등으로 인하여 화재위험성이 높은 것으로 평가되며, 이에 따라 2006년에 다중이용업소의 안전관리에 관한 특별법이 제정되어 현재까지 운용 중이나 그간 다수의 개정에도 불구하고 개선할 점이 여전히 상존한다. 본 연구는 규제체계의 구축과 운영에 있어 모범국가인 영국의 안전규제체계를 분석함으로써 국내의 다중이용업소 안전관리체계를 근본적으로 개선할 수 있는 방안을 마련하고자 하는 취지에서 수행되었다. 연구방법:본 연구는 비교연구법을 활용하여 국내 다중이용업소의 안전관리체계와 영국의 화재안전 관리체계를 분석하였다. 연구결과: 이러한 정성적 분석의 결과, "관계인", "화재위험평가", "화재안전감사" 등 국내 다중이용업소의 안전관리체계를 개선하기 위해 주목할 만한 제도들을 선정하였고, 이에 추가로 국내의 제반여건을 고려하여 "국내 다중이용업소 소방안전관리체계(안(案))"를 고안하였다. 결론: 본 연구는 다중이용업소의 안전체계를 민간 중심으로 재편하고 특히 화재예방분야에서 정부의 개입을 최소화하는 영국의 사례를 분석함으로써 앞으로 국내의 다중이용업소 안전관리체계를 보다 합리적이고 실효성있는 체계로 개선시킬 수 있는 방안을 제안한다.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.95-103
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• 2017

제조산업 현장에서는 수많은 유해위험물질이 사용, 처리 및 생산되고 있으며, 암모니아를 취급하는 시설에서 많은 누출, 화재 폭발사고가 보고되고 있다. 유해위험시설에서의 위험관리 및 사고예방을 위하여 공정안전관리(PSM), 가스안전관리(SMS), 장외영향평가(ORA) 제도 등 다양한 안전환경관리 프로그램이 국내 산업현장에 적용되고 있고 학계에서도 위험성평가 관련 연구가 활발하게 진행되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 암모니아 입하 및 저장 시설을 대상으로 정량적 위험성평가가 수행되었는데 사고 시나리오에 대한 피해영향범위 산정에는 장외영향평가용 KORA 프로그램, 사고 빈도 분석에는 LOPA PFD 활용 방식을 적용하였다. 평가 결과 추정된 위험도를 완화하고 지속적인 위험을 관리하는 방안으로 누출 감지 및 비상 차단, 물 분무 및 증기 희석 설비, 방류벽 및 트렌치, 누출 비산 방호 등 공정 안전설계 하드웨어 개선부분과 위험관리기준 효과적 적용, LOPA 보완적용, 보조 피해영향범위 산정 프로그램 활용, 위험도기반 공정안전관리제도 적용, 공정위험성 재평가 및 이행성 관리 등 프로그램 및 제도 운용 측면에서의 방안이 제시되었다.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.378-385
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• 2016

Objectives: This study was conducted to investigate the association between sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity and cardiovascular disease risk in Korean postmenopausal women. Methods: We analyzed data of 2,019 postmenopausal women aged 50-64 years who participated in the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey in 2008-2011 and were free of cardiovascular disease history. Blood pressure, height, and weight were measured. We analyzed the serum concentrations of glucose, total cholesterol, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, low density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglyceride levels. Waist circumference was used to measure obesity. Appendicular skeletal muscle mass was measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Sarcopenia was defined as the appendicular skeletal muscle mass/body weight<1 standard deviation below the gender-specific means for healthy young adults. The estimated 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease risk was calculated by Pooled Cohort Equation. Subjects were classified as non-sarcopenia, sarcopenia, or sarcopenic obesity based on status of waist circumference and appendicular skeletal muscle mass. Results: The prevalence of sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity was 16.3% (n=317) and 18.3% (n=369), respectively. The 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease risk in the sarcopenic obesity group was higher ($3.82{\pm}0.22%$) than the normal group ($2.73{\pm}0.09%$) and sarcopenia group ($3.17{\pm}0.22%$) (p < 0.000). The odd ratios (ORs) for the ${\geq}7.5%$ 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease risk were significantly higher in the sarcopenic obesity group (OR 3.609, 95% CI: 2.030-6.417) compared to the sarcopenia group (OR 2.799, 95% CI: 1.463-5.352) (p for trend < 0.000) after adjusting for independent variables (i.e., exercise, period of menopausal, alcohol use disorders identification test (AUDIT) score, income, education level, calorie intake, %fat intake and hormonal replacement therapy). Conclusions: Sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity appear to be associated with higher risk factors predicting the 10-year risks of cardiovascular disease risk in postmenopausal women. These findings imply that maintaining normal weight and muscle mass may be important for cardiovascular disease risk prevention in postmenopausal women.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.441-448
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• 2011

According to the Korean government policy of expanding HACCP system application to food chain from farm to meat market, the importance of HACCP assessment to keep balance among the certified HACCP plants is urged. The objective of this study is to recommend more effective HACCP assessment methods. We reviewed major foreign countries HACCP implementation policy focused on the audit system, and compared with the Korean HACCP assessment system. We found that the checklist guidelines of prerequisite program were not enough for precise evaluation and many of the items were not directly related to the risk occurrences. And current rating grade for each items and judgments were inadequate to induce non-compliances and corrections for better HACCP implementation. We suggest revision points as follows; (1) checklists should be revised and reorganized according to the possibility of risk occurrences, (2) all the items should be supported by detailed guidelines for more objective inspection, (3) non-compliances identified must be reconfirmed after correction, (4) the items for HACCP plan should be divided into an accreditation inspection and a regular inspection, (5) rating grade 'high', 'medium', 'low', 'failure' was better for indicating non-compliances.

• 동아시아경상학회지
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.8-20
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• 2016

Banks are the engines that drive the operations in financial sector, money markets and growth of economy. With growing banking industry in India, frauds in Banks are increasing and fraudsters are becoming more sophisticated and ingenious. Shockingly, banking industry in India dubs rising fraud as "an inevitable cost of doing business." As part of study, a questionnaire-based survey was conducted in 2012-13 among 345 Bank employees "to know their perception towards bank frauds and evaluate factors that influence the degree of their compliance level." The study reveals, "there are poor employment practices and lack of effective employee training; usually over-burdened staff, weak internal control systems, and low compliance levels on the part of Bank Managers, Offices and Clerks. Although banks cannot be 100% secure against unknown threats, a certain level of preparedness can go a long way in countering fraud risk. Internal audit professionals should play an integral role in organization's fraud-fighting efforts. Some other promising steps are: educate customers about fraud prevention, make application of laws more stringent, leverage the power of data analysis technologies, follow fraud mitigation best practices, and employ multipoint scrutiny.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.1-17
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• 2002

This study was attempted to identify the liquidity trends and determinants of private hospitals in Korea different. Data used in this study were collected from 98 hospitals with complete general data of present conditions as well as financial statements(balance sheets, income statements). They were chosen from hospitals that passed the standardization audit undertaken by the Korean Hospital Association from 1996 to 2000 for the purpose of accrediting training hospitals. The dependent variables in this study were used current ration and quick ratio as a proxy indicator for liquidity. The independent variables were ownership type, hospital type, location, bed size, period of establishment, short-term liabilities to total assets, long-term liabilities to total assets, borrowings to total assets, fixed asset ration, net profit to total assets, operating margin to gross revenue, growth rate of net worth to total assets, total asset turnover, and business risk(volatility of profit). The major findings of this study were as follows. Trends of liquidity(current ratio, quick ratio) had been continuously decreased. Especially, There were very distinct decreasing trends of personal hospitals and less than 300beds, which weakened liquidity. The factors had significant effect on current ratio were short-term debt to total assets(-), fixed asset ratio(-), business risk(+). High short-term debt to total assets, high fixed asset ratio and high business risk significantly decreased in liquidity. The factors that significantly affected on quick ratio were short-term debt to total assets(-), borrowings to total assets(+), fixed asset ratio(-), business risk(+).

• Journal of Acupuncture Research
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.93-105
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• 2011

Objectives : This study aims to evaluate currently available clinical evidence for the use of acupuncture in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis in the context of Republic of Korea. Methods : Five Korean databases were searched for all clinical studies employing acupuncture for patients with lumbar spinal stenosis. The exceptions were case reports and series involving less than 10 patients from their inception to September 2011. Only studies reported in Korean databases were searched. Results : Five retrospective audits among 22 initially identified studies were eligible for analysis in this review. There was no randomized controlled trial for this topic. The number of patients varied between 15 and 119 in each audit, and all the patients analyzed were inpatients. In all the included studies, acupuncture was conducted in combination with other concomitant treatments, including moxibustion, cupping, herbal remedies, acupoint injection, Chuna, and various physical therapies. All the included audits reported symptomatic and/or functional improvements compared to baseline. None of the included audits indicated whether any adverse events were reported. Conclusions : Current evidence for the use of acupuncture in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis in the context of South Korea is based solely on five retrospective audits that are very likely prone to a high risk of bias. Thus, further prospective and methodologically sound clinical trials to overcome this huge gap between clinical practice and the available evidence for the use of acupuncture in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis are needed.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.144-150
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• 2017

국가 간 교류 확대와 기후변화 등으로 감염병의 국내유입도 증가하고 있는 추세이다. 또한 사회적 환경변화로 감염병 발생 가능성의 증가에 대한 국민적 관심과 불안은 크게 증가하고 있다. 이러한 감염병 발생은 경제에도 심각한 위협이 되고 있으므로 감염병 예방과 확산 방지를 위한 다각적인 노력이 필요하다. 현재 많은 의료 기관에서는 전염병이 발생했을 때, 질병관리본부 등 상급 기관으로의 신속한 보고가 매우 중요하며 또한 일반 환자와 감염된 의심환자를 공간적으로 나누는 시설이 여의치 않아 병원 내에서 감염이 확대될 위험성이 높은 편이다. 본 연구에서는 감사원의 중동증후군(MERS)의 감사 결과를 토대로 감염병 발생 보고, 감염자의 분리 방법 및 감염 확대를 막는 방법 등을 고찰하여 예방 및 확산 방지를 위한 개선방안에 대해서 연구하였다.

• 한국간호교육학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.110-119
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• 2011

Purpose: This study was conducted to identify the consumption of alcohol as well as to compare drinking refusal self-efficacy and mental health between an average drinking group and a problem drinking group of Korean nursing students. Methods: A questionnaire using the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) measuring drinking refusal self-efficacy and mental health was given to 938 students of two universities in Gyeongsangnam-do. Results: Among the respondents 381 (40.6%) were problem drinkers. The score of alcohol consumption in the AUDIT were 3.38 for the average group and 12.50 for the problem drinking group. There were significant differences between the average group and problem drinking group in age, living place, smoking, parent's drinking, age of the first drink and reasons for first drink. Participants of the average group had significantly higher drinking refusal self-efficacy than the problem drinking group. Regarding mental health, there were differences between the two groups in attempted suicide. The risk factors significantly associated with problem drinking were living place, smoking and reasons for the initial drink. Conclusion: These results provide guidance for developing strategies, such as an educational program, to promote safe alcohol consumption in nursing students.