A strategy for assessing workplace exposures to nanomaterials

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• Personal Author:
  D'Arcy J ; Evans DE ; Geraci, Charles L. ; Maynard A ; Methner, Mark M. ; O'Shaughnessy P ; Ostraat M ; Ramachandran G ; Rickabaugh K ; Stevenson E
• Description:
  This article describes a highly tailorable exposure assessment strategy for nanomaterials that enables effective and efficient exposure management (i.e., a strategy that can identify jobs or tasks that have clearly unacceptable exposures), while simultaneously requiring only a modest level of resources to conduct. The strategy is based on strategy general framework from AIHA(R) that is adapted for nanomaterials and seeks to ensure that the risks to workers handling nanomaterials are being managed properly. The strategy relies on a general framework as the basic foundation while building and elaborating on elements essential to an effective and efficient strategy to arrive at decisions based on collecting and interpreting available information. This article provides useful guidance on conducting workplace characterization; understanding exposure potential to nanomaterials; accounting methods for background aerosols; constructing SEGs; and selecting appropriate instrumentation for monitoring, providing appropriate choice of exposure limits, and describing criteria by which exposure management decisions should be made. The article is intended to be a practical guide for industrial hygienists for managing engineered nanomaterial risks in their workplaces. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aerosols Decision Making Hazardous Substances Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Aerosol Particles Author Keywords: Exposure Assessment Strategy Biological Monitoring Control Methods Control Systems Control Technology Decision Making Exposure Assessment Exposure Limits Exposure Management Hazardous Materials Health Hazards Industrial Engineering Industrial Exposures Industrial Hygiene Programs Job Analysis Medical Monitoring Nanofibers Nanomaterials Nanoparticles Nanotechnology Nanotubes Risk Factors Task Performance Work Environment Worker Health Work Performance Workplace Monitoring

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• ISSN:
  1545-9624
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; Massachusetts ; Michigan ; Minnesota ; North Carolina ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 7 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology ; EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  8
• Issue:
  11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20039828
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Hyg 2011 Nov; 8(11):673-685
• Contact Point Address:
  Gurumurthy Ramachandran, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, MMC 807, 420 Delaware St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455
• Email:
  ramac002@umn.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• NORA Priority Area:
  Manufacturing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Iowa
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4da36dc7f1949bdc78e15465c5ab7ce05ea0ad3919e8ca551409610f118257d9459ce0afb11762a9eb4ea4bb7907e43321f224e60622b41c9481b56c15d30bcf
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/192911/cdc_192911_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 218.41 KB ]