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Environ Monit Assess
September 2024
Department of Chemistry, School of Physical Sciences, Federal University of Technology Akure, P. M. B. 704, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria.
Microplastics (MPs) are emerging and ubiquitous contaminants, known to accumulate in river sediments. In many developing nations, the absence of policies for managing plastic waste puts the inland river ecosystems at risk of excessive abundance of plastics and MPs. However, only limited studies have reported MPs in river environments in these countries.
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December 2001
St Luke's Hospital, Bradford Hospitals NHS Trust, Little Horton Lane, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD5 ONA.
The Medical illustration Department within Bradford Hospitals NHS Trust is typical of many such units in the UK that are facing increasing competition from the commercial sector and Private Finance Initiatives, and at the same time, being driven by NHS initiatives towards having a demonstrable quality system. It was considered that having a recognized quality management system would ensure that the service provided was more efficient and effective, improve quality, guard against competition, be an asset if the organization was benchmarked against others, and provide evidence of quality assurance to our customers. This paper summarizes the history of quality management, discusses a number of quality systems in the NHS in general, and in Bradford Hospitals NHS Trust in particular, and puts forward the reasons for choosing ISO9001.
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