NFPA 70E, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace, frequently mentions “risk assessment.” But what does this mean, and how do you perform such an assessment? Informative Annex F answers those ...

Risk assessments are one of the most important tasks a compliance officer performs – and also one of the most confounding. How do you keep assessing your organization’s risks in a disciplined, ...

The introduction of process safety system–specific malware into the manufacturing world in 2017 intensified the discussion around the convergence of safety and cybersecurity. If a cyberattack could ...

Environmental contamination control is a crucial aspect of sterile pharmaceutical manufacturing, and risk management is needed to guarantee that the necessary control procedures are in place. The risk ...

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) on Friday issued its first in a series of HITECH-required guidance documents to educate covered entities and business associates (BA) on the best methods to secure ...

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The Environmental Protection Agency's logo is displayed on a door at its headquarters on March 16, 2017, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) The Environmental Protection Agency ...

Implementing the new standard on quality management (QM) by the Dec. 15, 2025, deadline may seem daunting, but the AICPA has developed resources and tools to get started, including a recently revised ...

One the most challenging areas facing healthcare organizations today is the decision to adopt an electronic health records system. This decision involves significant financial resources and time ...

New rules on the transparency of Europe’s risk assessment process in the food chain have come into force. When a company wants to market a new food additive, pesticide or GMO, it submits studies to ...