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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Introduction to Effective Procedure Writing | |
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| Why Was This Book Written? | |
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| Book Objectives | |
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| The Current Worldwide Trend Toward Procedures | |
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| Who Should Use This Book? | |
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| Where Do You Go From Here? | |
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| Process Safety Environmental, and Quality Considerations | |
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| Purpose | |
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| Understanding the Guidelines and Regulations | |
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| Voluntary Guidelines | |
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| Governmental Regulations | |
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| Quality Considerations | |
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| Some Elements of Effective Procedures and Procedure | |
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| Management Systems | |
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| Additional Considerations | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| How to Design An Operating and Maintenance Procedure Management System | |
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| Purpose | |
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| The Importance of Written Procedures | |
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| Elements of a Comprehensive Procedure Management System | |
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| Determining Procedure Management System Requirements | |
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| Evaluating Your Current Practices | |
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| Identifying Your Resources | |
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| Designing and Implementing Your Procedures Management System | |
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| How to Determine Which Procedures to Write | |
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| Implementing a Procedure Project | |
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| Procedure Training | |
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| Maintaining and Improving Your Procedure Management System | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Writing Operating and Maintenance Procedures | |
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| Purpose | |
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| What Resources Do You Need Before You Begin Writing? | |
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| What Do We Know About the Procedure | |
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| Considerations for Effective Procedures | |
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| Importance of Procedure Format | |
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| Introductory Sections | |
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| Procedure Steps Section | |
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| Drafting the Procedure | |
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| The Procedure Review and Approval Cycle | |
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| Special Considerations for Maintenance Procedures | |
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| Batch Process Considerations | |
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| Elements of Effective Procedures | |
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| Purpose | |
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| Importance of Procedure Evaluation Criteria | |
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| Who Will Use the Procedure Evaluation Criteria? | |
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| Procedure Checklists Elements | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| Writing Emergency Operating Procedures | |
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| Purpose | |
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| Defining Events Requiring Emergency Operating Procedures | |
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| Identifying Emergency Situations | |
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| Developing and Writing Emergency Operating Procedures | |
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| Directing the User to the Correct Emergency Operating Procedure | |
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| Incorporating Human Factors in Emergency Operating Procedures | |
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| using Decision Aids | |
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| How Emergency Operating Procedures Link to the Emergency Response Plan | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| Procedure Control | |
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| Purpose | |
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| What Is Procedure Control? | |
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| Controlling Procedure Revisions and Development | |
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| Who Should Review the Procedures? | |
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| Procedure Approval | |
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| Evaluating Procedures In Use | |
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| Electronic Document Control | |
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| Procedure Development Costs and Benefits | |
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| Purpose | |
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| reasons for Procedure Development | |
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| Procedure Development Costs | |
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| Return on Investment: Improvements You Can Expect from Effective Procedures | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| Selected Procedure Initiatives, Consensus Codes, and Regulations Affecting Procedures | |
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| Common Points of API, OSHA, and EPA | |
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| How to Determine the Tasks That Require Written Procedures | |
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| Procedure Performance Evaluation | |
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| Procedure Criteria Checklist | |
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| Sample Procedure Formats | |
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| Sample Formats of Operating Limits Tables | |
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| General References | |
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| Index | |