Team Discussion: Team Nanotechnology Branch – Medical Industry
Introduction and Instructions
In Module 1, you selected a task force of interest that you wanted to be a part of for the group project. You also selected a team leader who will be responsible for submitting group assignments. Lastly, you began to get to know one another. Now it is time to make some decisions!
Work with your task force and discuss the following:
- Determine if your branch is a distributor or a retailer. ( retailer)
- Choose a product line of no more than three products your branch company distributes/retails in your task force.(1). Drug delivery system to target specific cells to avoid healthy tissue, correcting genetic error in cells. (2.) Nanotechnology and nanomaterials to mimic surface properties for the reconstruction of a variety of skin tissue. (3) Suture needles and sutures your operational process for retailing/distributing your products.
- Describe your operational process for retailing/distributing your products. ( for retailing we will promote our product in hospitals, physician offices, and heath centers)
- Your team leader will post a summary of your work in M2.3.
This assignment is due by Friday by 11:59 PM ET.
Evaluation
The following materials will outline the structure of a discussion, how to submit and reply to a discussion posting, and how your work will be evaluated using the rubric grading tool. Please review them carefully and post any questions you have in the module Q&A discussion forum. Review the rubric carefully and contact your instructor if anything is unclear to you.
Ps: This is last week’s discussion. Please remember the task force/ role you selected last week.
How would you fit into Nanotechnology Solutions as a problem solver?
I would fit into nanotechnology Solutions as a Safety Manager. Nanoparticles are building blocks of Nanotechnology of size 100nm or less. These nanoparticles have raised safety issues and, in the future, may affect the company’s sustainable growth. I will help the company address the safety concerns as nanoparticles are toxic when exposed to portals of entry such as lungs, skin, and other distant sites. The job will be easy for me as I have adequate human health and safety knowledge. I will help the company revise its safety policies to ensure the nanoparticles are not a threat to the environment and humans.
How will you take what you know and apply it to the skills in this course?
Having good human health and safety, I will detail risk exposures of nanomaterials such as ingestion, dermal, inhalation, and parenteral. Additionally, explain the risks associated with nanomaterials throughout their environmental and occupational life cycle. I will also identify methods to ameliorate those hazards to ensure sustainable growth of nanotechnology in the future through the National Nanotechnology Initiative(NNI). I will weigh the risks associated with nano-products with the benefits involved and make the public aware of possible dangers since nanotechnology is not risk-free, especially in the latest technology of using small–molecule drugs for cancer treatment and development drugs.
Identify your skill-set and explain how they are transferrable and will contribute to the success of your branch company.
My human health and safety skills will play a significant role in nanotechnology connecting with other task forces. Due to the company’s innovative nature, I will liaise with different units to ensure all medicine solutions produce effective patient outcomes and n have complied with safety concerns since the government provides checks to safeguard public health.
Reference
Hodson, L., Methner, M., & Zumwalde, R. D. (2009). Approaches to safe nanotechnology; managing the health and safety concerns associated with engineered nanomaterials
