Field-Portable Spectroscopy

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• Personal Author:
  Ashley, Kevin E.
• Description:
  Field-portable methods for monitoring airborne contaminants and toxins in the workplace have received increasing: attention in recent years. A number of portable monitors for airborne contaminants have been available commercially for many years. However, new developments may provide for on-site compliance monitoring, which has heretofore been more the exception than the rule. The ability to conduct measurements on-site in the occupational setting offers significant advantages. Field-portable methods are often desired so that decisions regarding worker protection, engineering controls, etc., can be made quickly. The capability for rapid decision making offered by on-site monitoring can help save costs, and also offers a means to assess, and thereby, prevent, worker overexposures to toxic s substances in a timely manner. Field-based monitoring is especially useful for applications in the construction industry, in agriculture, and in other industries where jobs may be short-term and the workforce is transient. On-site techniques can also be beneficial in instances where short-term monitoring is desired. In this report, field-portable spectrometric techniques are covered, and some applications are described. Due to limited space here, a general overview is available by consulting the literature referenced herein. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environmental Monitoring Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Air-monitoring Analytical-instruments Analytical-methods Exposure-levels Monitoring-systems Toxins Workplace-monitoring
• ISSN:
  1047-322X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  10-15
• Volume:
  18
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20022193
• Citation:
  Appl Occup Environ Hyg 2003 Jan; 18(1):10-15
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• NORA Priority Area:
  Research Tools and Approaches: Exposure Assessment Methods
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
• End Date:
  20040930
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c8ca3708a81cfde1543d7c7f46678abdabe19c4162db47110b0df809cc01585476cda3b75c2a06d57de612a824d6d053e0b6acbfbdb54386bc7011d2a0beae5a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/199061/cdc_199061_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 268.65 KB ]