223 International STakeholder NETwork (ISTNET) for Creating a Developmental Neurotoxicity Testing (DNT) Roadmap for Regulatory Purposes Kevin Crofton , Ellen Fritsche 2, Timo Ylikomi 3, and Anna Bal-Price 4 National Centre for Computational Toxicology, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, RTP, NC, USA; IUF – Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medic...

The Department of Health & Human Services’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved the continuation of deeming authority for The Joint Commission’s hospital accreditation program through July 15, 2014. The CMS designation means that hospitals accredited by The Joint Commission may choose to be “deemed” as meeting Medicare and Medicaid certification requirements. CMS found ...

The Medical Information System (MedISys) is a fully automatic 24/7 public health surveillance system monitoring human and animal infectious diseases and chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) threats in open-source media. In this article, we explain the technology behind MedISys, deJens P. Linge Joint Research Centre of the European Commission Institute for the Protection and Sec...

When the radiation source is under control contaminated areas may remain. Authorities will often implement all necessary protective measures to allow people to continue to live there rather than abandoning these areas. In this case the Commission continues to recommend choosing reference levels in the band of 1 to 20 mSv per year, with the long-term goal of reducing reference levels to 1 mSv pe...