A Nanoinformatics Approach to Safety, Health, Well-Being, and Productivity

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• Personal Author:
  Cash LJ ; Feitshans IL ; Harper SL ; Hendren CO ; Hoover, Mark D.
• Description:
  As illustrated in Fig. 5.1, the context of nanoinformatics is that effective development and implementation of the imagined applications and benefits of nanotechnology requires the harnessing of information to support innovation and decision-making at the nexus of safety, health, well-being, and productivity; risk management; and emerging nanotechnology. There are many ways that this could be done, and as noted by risk-management expert Ed Zebroski (1991): "The method is not the message; [the message] is in the managerial frame of mind determined to make robust decisions." Beginning with the creation of the community-based Nanoinformatics 2020 Roadmap (de la Iglesia et al., 2011) and expanding through experience such as working at the nexus of nanotechnology and radiation safety (Hoover et al., 2015), the working definition of nanoinformatics as illustrated in Fig. 5.2 has evolved to be 1. Setting mission objectives for safety, health, well-being, and productivity related to the development and application of nanoscale science, engineering, and technology; 2. Determining which information is relevant to meeting the safety, health, wellbeing, and productivity objectives of the nanoscale science, engineering, and technology community; 3. Developing and implementing effective mechanisms for collecting, validating, storing, sharing, analyzing, modeling, and applying the information; 4. Confirming that appropriate decisions were made and that desired mission outcomes were achieved as a result of that information; and finally 5. Conveying experience to the broader community, contributing to generalized knowledge, and updating, guidance, standards and training. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Engineering Occupational Health Radiation Risk Assessment Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Hierarchy Of Controls Health Effects Informatics Life Cycle Models Nanoinformatics Nanotechnology Risk Management
• ISBN:
  9780128135884
• Publisher:
  Elsevier
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  New Jersey ; New Mexico ; North Carolina ; Oregon ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 6 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  RHD - Respiratory Health Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  83-117
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20052729
• Citation:
  Nanotechnology environmental health and safety: risks, regulation, and management (micro and nano technologies), third edition. Hull MS, Bowman DM eds. Cambridge, MA: Elsevier, 2018 Aug; :83-117
• Editor(s):
  Hull MS; Bowman DM
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• NORA Priority Area:
  Manufacturing
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Nanotechnology environmental health and safety: risks, regulation, and management (micro and nano technologies), third edition
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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