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Creating a Culture of Prevention in Occupational Safety and Health Practice

  • Kim, Yangho;Park, Jungsun;Park, Mijin
    • Safety and Health at Work
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.89-96
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    • 2016
  • The incidence of occupational injuries and diseases associated with industrialization has declined markedly following developments in science and technology, such as engineering controls, protective equipment, safer machinery and processes, and greater adherence to regulations and labor inspections. Although the introduction of health and safety management systems has further decreased the incidence of occupational injuries and diseases, these systems are not effective unless accompanied by a positive safety culture in the workplace. The characteristics of work in the $21^{st}$ century have given rise to new issues related to workers' health, such as new types of work-related disorders, noncommunicable diseases, and inequality in the availability of occupational health services. Overcoming these new and emerging issues requires a culture of prevention at the national level. The present paper addresses: (1) how to change safety cultures in both theory and practice at the level of the workplace; and (2) the role of prevention culture at the national level.

Current Status of Patient Safety Regulations, Guidelines and Support Mechanisms in Korean Hospitals

  • Lee, Jae Ho;Kim, Jeong Eun;Kim, Suk Wha;Lee, Sang Il;Jung, Yoen Yi;Kim, Moon Sook;Jang, Seon Mi
    • Perspectives in Nursing Science
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.158-166
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    • 2013
  • Purpose: This study was conducted to investigate patient safety regulations and guidelines in order to understand their current status, and to examine support measures to improve patient safety in Korean hospitals. Methods: The participants were the safety officers from hospitals with 200 or more beds and 112 hospitals responded to the online survey. The questions covered patient safety regulations, the performance level of patient safety activities, patient safety incident reporting systems, the dedicated professional, training, support mechanisms, and expectations of reporting systems. Results: Among preventative measures, fall prevention and hand hygiene were reported to be most widely practiced (92% and 91%, respectively). Time-out for invasive procedures showed a relatively low practice rate at 70%. Among patient care activities, transfusion, surgery and sedation, medication, and infection management were performed by 84, 74, 93 and 93% of the hospitals, respectively. Patient safety activities included patient safety committee, patient safety cooperation between decision-making bodies, patient safety workshops, seminars, lectures, and training for employees. Conclusion: Patient safety regulations and guidelines have not yet been sufficiently prepared, and a public institution such as a certification authority is of crucial importance to enforce these guidelines.

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Legal Issues in Quarantine and Isolation for Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases (신종감염병 관리를 위한 격리조치의 법적 측면)

  • Kim, Cheonsoo
    • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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    • v.49 no.1
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    • pp.1-17
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    • 2016
  • The Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) outbreak in South Korea in 2015 has drawn public attention regarding the legal regulation of infectious disease control in Korea. This paper discusses the interpretive and legislative concerns regarding the Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Act, its ordinance and enforcement regulations, as well as public statements from the relevant administrative agency. Future improvements are also proposed.

Evaluation System for Health Functional Food in Korea

  • Choung, Se-Young
    • Proceedings of the PSK Conference
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    • 2003.04a
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    • pp.96-98
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    • 2003
  • 1. Standard and regulations for functional food evaluation cases form overseas (1) Japan For food function indication, Food Nutrition Improvement Act was amended in September 1991 and they managed functional food after setting specific health food in one of classification of special functional foods. For manification of raw material usage, the classification of health functional foods was performed by their application on: the control of internal organ status, cholesterol, blood pressure, mineral absorption, and prevention of dental caries. (omitted)

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Study on the development process and operations of aviation security screening (항공 보안검색의 발전과정과 운영실태에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Yong-Wook
    • Korean Security Journal
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    • no.7
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    • pp.61-93
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    • 2004
  • The terrorism threat against aviation industry is increasing after 9/11 incidents. As the way of preventing the future threat, this study is to review current status and make practical suggestions on Incheon International Airport security screening. The Library research method is utilized for this study. Chapter 1 is an introduction part and describes the general instruction. Chapter 2 describes the importance of aviation security and cases of aviation terrorism. Screening history is described in chapter 3 detailing operations and equipment. Status of IIAC(Incheon International Airport Corporation) security screening and prevention measures are described in chapter 4 and chapter 5 describes the final conclusion. In conclusion, if the introduction of state-of-the-art security equipment and modification of inadequate regulations come in first, whatever the threat exists, aviation terrorism can be prevented with the positive prevention efforts.

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Reorganization trend on technical regulation of harm prevention for Power Line Communication (전력선통신 위해방지 기술기준의 개편 동향)

  • Cho, Pyung-dong;Choi, Mun-hwan;Lee, Sang-mu
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2015.10a
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    • pp.1071-1074
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    • 2015
  • Technical regulation of harm prevention for power line communication prescribes the technical matters to protect human and other equipment from power line communication equipment. Unified operation of technical regulation of power line communication and line facility installation is more efficient in content. This paper is to discuss the technical background of national PLC system and the direction of reforming related techinal regulations.

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A Study on Effective Trade Claims Solutions through Commercial Arbitration System

  • Choi, Rack-In
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.99-106
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    • 2017
  • In this paper, the first to identify in detail the direct and indirect causes of trade claims and to provide a way to prevent the causes and measures specific claims. Trade claims is not the best way to prevent in advance, measures to prevent future trade claims is as follows. First, it should be the credit investigation of the counterparts. Second, the contract must determine the rights and obligations of each other through sufficient consultation with contract and faithfully perform its contractual obligations. Third, the explicit trade arbitration clause of arbitration in the contract, and shall be a sufficient review of the procedure such as import and export, international business practices, norms and partners of economic policy, foreign exchange regulations, the trade system transactions. Finally, for it is to be treated as a one-stop strengthening the organization and function, and the Ministry of Commerce and Trade Association, and KOTRA and Trade Insurance Corporation strategic support systems, such as done by covering the work on trade claims prevention and resolution in the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board.

Countermeasure against Fire Disaster in Regional Heritage Villages on the Concept of ICT-Based Disaster Prevention Design

  • Park, Sun-Gyu;Mishima, Nobuo;Noh, Hwang-Woo;Yoo, Jae-Soo;Oh, Sang-Hoon;Min, Byung-Won;Oh, Yong-Sun
    • International Journal of Contents
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.62-68
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    • 2015
  • Many severe earthquakes have occurred along the main fault lines in the world. In recent years, there has been a high incidence of small- and large-scale earthquakes in our country. These occurrences of earthquakes have become increasingly serious, owing to a degrading earth environment. An earthquake, in general, causes far more serious damages like disruptions in electricity or gas facilities, and fire disasters from its annexed effects than by its vibrations or the shock itself. In this paper, we present a countermeasure and its necessity in safeguarding against fire disasters in regional heritage villages such as "Asan Oeam," "Jeonju Hanok," and "Andong Hahoe." A more systematic and effective strategy for prevention systems against severe fire disasters is proposed after performing various related investigations and analyses of existing domestic and international systems. We investigated the existing fire security systems and their historical records with the tendency of earthquake occurrences in these three folk villages. In this proposal, we present a strategic approach for safeguarding against fire damages in our regional heritage villages derived from ICT (information communication technology)-based DPD (disaster prevention design), after examining the laws and regulations of fire-prevention strategies in Japan, America, and Europe.

A Study on Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control in the United Kingdom (영국의 통합환경관리제도에 관한 연구)

  • Han, Sang-Woon
    • Journal of Environmental Policy
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.1-31
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    • 2007
  • The Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control(IPPC) has attracted western developed countries for their idealistic environmental prevention concept which corresponds to the principal of Industrial Ecology. Specially the United Kingdom has been interested in those topics earlier than other countries and carried out environmental prevention polices since 1970's. As a result of these efforts, United Kingdom gave effects EU on developing European IPPC directives. The United Kingdom recognized the importance of the integrated pollution control through the report of Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution(RCEP) in 1976. Further, the United Kingdom developed the report and resulted the Integrated Pollution Control Directives under Environmental Protection Law in 1990. In the process of the legislation, it established and developed the concept of Best Practicable Environmental Option(BPEO) for the regulations, administrative systems, and environmental control. These efforts of the United Kingdom has implications for South Korean policies in adopting Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control system. Thus, this study examines IPPC directives to broaden the understanding of the system and develop policies.

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A Study on Qualification Procedure of Vehicle Entrance Prevention System for Mechanical Parking Station (기계식주차장 차량진입방지시스템의 검증절차에 관한 연구)

  • Beak, Il Cheon;Kim, Kyung Heui;Chung, Kyung Taek;Yi, Chung Seob
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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    • v.18 no.12
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    • pp.91-97
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    • 2019
  • Since the 2000s, mechanical parking lots have become an increasingly common solution to serious parking difficulties in urban areas. While safety regulations are in place, they can avert or minimize accidents only when drivers understand and comply with them, and so do not always prevent drivers from making mistakes. As a result, the number of serious accidents caused by driver errors continues to increase in proportion to the rapid increase in vehicles. Most of these accidents are caused by abnormal vehicle entry, despite the safeguards already in place. Therefore, in this thesis, we will study the vehicle entry prevention system and suggest how it can be made more effective in stopping or minimizing accidents.