Preventive product safety--monitoring accidental injuries related to consumer products in the European Union.

Abstract

1. a comparative review of current product involvement or ‘causality’ classifications applied to injury data from surveillance systems 2. the development of an EHLASS / ISS-specific product involvement classification (Product Involvement Factor PIF) and pilot software implementation (AUTOPIF software, which is based on multi-lingual keyword search in the free text accident description of the EHLASS records) 3. the development and pilot application of a comprehensive reporting scheme for EHLASS / ISS product information based on PIF scores as well as other relevant indicators, i.e., frequency, severity of injuries related to the respective product categories the assessment of preventability and possible safety solutions for a sample of EHLASS case files produced by the PIF software (‘product safety expert panel’). Results and discussion