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Recommendations on risk management
For
proactive
risk assessment
, the following is
recommended as the
minimum approach
:
•
Potential failures or hazards are identified
with peer
experts
’
advice, analysis of feedback data or making use of
checklists available of published risk assessment studies
•
Evaluation of consequencies
is carried out by deductive
(bottom up approach) and qualitative methods using either Failure
Mode and Effect Analysis (
FMEA
or FMECA) or Preliminary Hazard
and Risk Analysis (
PRA
)
In both methods, an additional step of the
criticality (C) evaluation
is
carried out.
Criticality data is then used
to evaluate if the situation is acceptable or
not
, and
actions
taken to reduce the risk