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NIOSH Safety and Health Topic:Direct-Reading Methods |
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Direct Reading MethodsGreat opportunities exist to harness twenty-first century technologies to improve and develop new direct-reading analytical techniques and direct-reading instruments to accurately assess exposures in time-sensitive ways and to support appropriate actions to assure worker and public health. The unique requirements and applications of direct-reading methods in both routine occupational activities and emergency preparedness include the need to develop improved laboratory and field test capabilities, along with a comprehensive suite of standard reference materials and values that can be used to evaluate and validate the method or instrument performance and the interpretation of their results. NIOSH looks forward to working with stakeholders to assess and improve methods and guidance for assessing a range of workplace stressors and agents including ergonomic factors, dusts, mists, fumes, nanoparticles and other aerosols, biological agents, gases and vapors, metals, noise, radiation, pesticides and other chemicals. More information will be available on this website as the initiative proceeds. 2008 NIOSH Direct-Reading Exposure Assessment Methods (DREAM) WorkshopThe purpose of the workshop was to gather stakeholder input from academia, labor, management, developers, governmental agencies, and manufacturers on the research needs in the area of direct reading methods for assessing occupational exposures. The workshop was open to the public and was attended by 200 invited experts, invited stakeholders and other interested registrants. The workshop discussed the state-of-the-science, the state-of-the-art, and the critical research needs of direct-reading methods. There was a general session attended by all meeting registrants and a breakout session. The general session included a group of plenary state-of-the-art presentations by invited speakers that address direct reading exposure assessment methods for workplaces. Issues relevant to the broad range of employment sectors and occupational hazards, such as method selection, validation, data handling, interpretation, data integration, etc. were discussed. Following the general session, there was six concurrent breakout sessions divided by hazard. The occupational hazards were: aerosols, gases/vapors, ergonomics, noise, ionizing radiation, and surface sampling/biomonitoring. Each hazard breakout session discussed the needs of the various sectors for direct-reading methods. The sessions were led by invited subject-matter expert facilitators. The breakout sections developed the specific research needs for each type of occupational hazard. Research priorities for direct reading exposure assessment methods were developed from the input received at the workshop. 2008 NIOSH Direct-Reading Exposure Assessment Methods Workshop NIOSH ResourcesAerosols Topic Page Nanotechnology Topic Page Health Hazard Evaluations (HHE) NIOSH eNews The NIOSH Exposure Assessment Program NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods (NMAM)
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Page last reviewed: February 13, 2009 Content Source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Division of Respiratory Disease Studies |
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