Consultants Corner
This blog page carries the thoughts of Consultants on wide range of subjects related to Mgmt Systems Consulting related to Standards, Certifications, Accreditations, Regulations.
New Labour Codes – Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020
A A Srinivasan , Principal Consultant
The Central Government has notified four labour codes, namely, the Code on Wages, 2019, on August 8, 2019, and the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, the Code on Social Security, 2020, and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 on September 29, 2020.The Code of OSH which deals with Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions at Work Places assumes highest significance as businesses have to refocus on Work Place Health and Safety Conditions to protect the health of workers due to ongoing pandemic crisis and health issues that are faced by workers, employees at work places.
Fake Covid Test Reports carried by Indian passengers while going global
Rama Venugopal, Executive Director
In the last few days, we are seeing press reports about travel restrictions, ban imposed by many countries on passengers traveling from India as they are seeing a sudden spike in covid positive cases from these passengers travelled from India carrying Covid Negative Test Report. They were tested positive in the importing country. What went wrong with verification system with our Airlines ?
Derecognition of Five Agencies Certifying Organic Exports from India by EC
Rama Venugopal , Executive Director
The European Commission has decided to derecognise five certifying bodies (CBs) from giving clearance or ratifying exports of Indian organic products for their failure to meet the ethylene oxide (ETO) norms in consignments, particularly sesame (til/gingelly). The EU derecognised the five CBs, which certified over 80 per cent of the organic products exports to the EU as they had certified some 90 shipments.
Fire Safety Scenario in Indian Hospitals
Dr Srivatsan, Principal Consultant, – 1st Feb 2021
In view of the recently reported fire accidents in the country, (both in dedicated Covid Care Centers and other Hospitals, including Nursing Homes), this post captures the latest initiatives from Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt of India to address the fire safety lapses and arrest the rising rate of fire safety incidents in covid care centres in the country.
How can we trust the Medical Lab results?
Chithambaranathan Sivasubramonian, Associate Consultant – 1st Feb 2021
The future technical specification ISO/TS 5798, Quality practice for detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) by nucleic acid amplification methods, will detail considerations for the design, development, verification, validation and implementation of analytical tests for detecting SARS-CoV-2 using nucleic acid amplification methods. It will include pre-examination and examination process steps for respiratory tract specimens as well as their relevant parameters.
Laboratory Director Position
Chithambaranathan Sivasubramonian, Associate Consultant – Mar 28, 2021
A Laboratory Professional from a client organization reached out to us seeking clarification on Lab Director’s role in Accreditation process. She was asked by the Management to redesignate Lab Director as Lab head in Accreditation documents and she wanted to know if its ok to do so as Accreditation norms are asking for Lab Director designation.
Pharmacovigilance Reporting of (ADRs)
Dr Srivatsan, Principal Consultant – Mar 28, 2021
Virtual training on Pharmacovigilance for NABH Accredited Hospitals was conducted by Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission recently to create awareness on Pharmacovigilance and Reporting of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) by Hospitals.This write up prepared is based on the training given by IPC and industry experts.
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