Description
Professionals and students in the field of industrial hygiene need a concise guide that thoroughly covers the practical methods of evaluating health threats in the workplace.
Bisesi and Kohn's Industrial Hygiene Evaluation Methods, Second Edition introduces basic methods for evaluating work and some non-work environments in order to detect and measure physical, chemical and biological agents, as well as hazardous ergonomic factors. The book is divided into relatively short units that provide concise overviews and descriptions of basic concepts. Each unit is followed by practical technical exercises. These exercises foster the understanding of basic industrial hygiene principles and practices for collection, detection, identification, calculation, and interpretation of qualitative and quantitative data. Exercises can be conducted in a setting in which agents and other factors are detectable and measurable. Alternatively, the simulated evaluation exercises that are included can be conducted in a classroom or laboratory.
This book is an introductory reference for environmental and occupational health and safety students and practitioners. It is an indispensable tool that illustrates methods fundamental to industrial hygiene practice, and is just as valuable in the professional's office as it is in the classroom.
Table of Contents
Evaluation of Hazardous Agents and Factors in Occupational and Non-Occupational Environments
Hazardous Environmental Agents and Factors
Sampling and Analytical Instruments Used to Evaluate the Occupational Environment: Generic Descriptions and Some Related Aspects of Calibration
Evaluation of Airborne Total Particulate: Integrated Personal and Area Monitoring Using an Air Sampling Pump with a Polyvinyl Chloride Filter Medium
Evaluation of Airborne Respirable Particulate: Integrated Personal and Area Monitoring Using an Air Sampling Pump with a Polyvinyl Chloride Filter Medium and Dorr-Oliver Cyclone
Evaluation of Airborne Fibers as Asbestos: Integrated Personal and Area Monitoring
Using an Air Sampling Pump with a Cellulose Ester Fiber Filter Medium
Evaluation of Airborne Metal Dusts and Fumes: Integrated Personal and Area Monitoring Using an Air Sampling Pump with Cellulose Ester Fiber Filter Medium
Evaluation of Airborne Particulate: Instantaneous Area Monitoring Using a Direct-Reading Aerosol Meter
Evaluation of Airborne Organic Gases and Vapors: Integrated Personal and Area Monitoring Using an Air Sampling Pump with a Solid Adsorbent Medium
Evaluation of Airborne Inorganic and Organic Gases, Vapors, and Mists: Integrated Personal and Area Monitoring Using an Air Sampling Pump with a Liquid Absorbent Medium
Evaluation of Airborne Combustible and Oxygen Gases: Instantaneous Area Monitoring Using a Combined Combustible and Oxygen Gas Meter
Evaluation of Airborne Inorganic and Organic Gases and Vapors: Instantaneous Area Monitoring Using a Piston or Bellows Air Sampling Pump with a Solid Sorbent Detector Tube Medium
Evaluation of Airborne Toxic Gases and Vapors: Instantaneous Area Monitoring Using Organic Gas and Vapor Meters
Evaluation of Surface and Source Contaminants: Monitoring Using Wipe and Bulk Sample Techniques
Evaluation of Airborne Bioaerosols: Integrated Area Monitoring Using an Air Sampling Pump with an Impactor and Nutrient Agar Medium
Evaluation of Airborne Sound Levels: Instantaneous Area Monitoring Using a Sound Level Meter with Octave Band Analyzer
Evaluation of Airborne Sound Levels: Integrated Personal Monitoring Using an Audio Dosimeter
Evaluation of Personal Hearing Thresholds: Instantaneous Personal Monitoring Using an Audiometer
Evaluation of Heat Stress: Instantaneous Area Monitoring Using a Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature Assembly and Meter
Evaluation of Illumination: Instantaneous Area Monitoring Using an Illumination Meter
Evaluation of Airborne Nonionizing Microwave Radiation: Instantaneous Monitoring Using a Microwave Meter
Evaluation of Airborne Nonionizing Low Frequency Electromagnetic Radiation: Instantaneous Area Monitoring Using a Combined Electric and
Magnetic Field Meter
Evaluation of Airborne Ionizing Radiation: Instantaneous Area Monitoring Using an Ionizing Radiation Meter
Evaluation of Ergonomic Factors: Conducting Anthropometric and Workstation Measurements
Evaluation of Air Pressure, Velocity, and Flow Rate: Instantaneous Monitoring of a Ventilation System Using a Pitot Tube with Manometer and a Velometer
Evaluation of Personal Protective Equipment: Selection, Maintenance, and Fit of Dermal and Respiratory Protective Devices
Evaluation of Personal Pulmonary Function: Instantaneous Monitoring Using an Integrated Electronic Spirometer
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Appendices
Industrial Hygiene Sampling Strategies and Statistical Analysis
Example: Outlined Format of an Industrial Hygiene Evaluation Report
