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S Z Mansdorf

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PubMed1994

Role of the industrial hygienist. Evaluation and management of occupational skin disease.

The industrial hygienist provides an important resource for the prevention of occupational skin disease and injury. This is accomplished by the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, and control of dermal hazards in the workplace. The industrial hygienist can assess and control dermal hazards before the occurrence of injury or disease. For instances in which injury has occurred, the industrial hygienist can assist the physician in determining the cause as well as developing and implementing controls to reduce or eliminate the problem.

Dermatitis, Occupational↗
PubMed1994

Guidelines for the selection of gloves for the workplace. NIOSH.

The selection of gloves for the workplace can be accomplished using a seven step process including consideration of alternatives to protective clothing, evaluating the nature and extent of the hazard, determining material and human performance requirements for the gloves, and cost. The primary determinant is protection of the worker. Gloves selected for protection against chemical hazards should be chosen based on permeation resistance. No single glove is available that can provide all desirable chemical and physical properties, hence, compromise is usually necessary.

Costs and Cost Analysis↗
PubMed1988

Chemical protective clothing standard test method development. Part 1. Penetration test method.

A "round-robin" interlaboratory study was conducted to validate the relative precision of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) F-903 test method for measuring the resistance of protective materials to penetration by liquids. The study utilized seven independent laboratories performing three trials of five protective clothing materials challenged by five widely used commercial liquids. The level of overall agreement for interlaboratory results suggests a relatively high confidence in the precision of the method. Systematic errors, however, may reduce the confidence of this method for certain materials and solvents. Recommendations to eliminate or reduce variability due to systematic errors include reduction of test pressure, use of a support screen, reporting of permeation evidence as a failure, and the use of a fluorescent dye to enhance visibility.

Butanones↗
PubMed1988

Chemical protective clothing standard test method development: Part II. Degradation test method.

A "round-robin" interlaboratory evaluation of a proposed American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standard test method was conducted for measuring the resistance of chemical protective clothing materials to degradation by liquid chemicals. The objective of this project was to determine the relative precision of the method and, where appropriate, recommend modifications that would improve reliability. In the round-robin format, eight laboratories used the proposed method to test each of five protective clothing materials against five liquid chemicals that are widely used commercially. The resulting data revealed that the proposed test method was not stringent enough to generate acceptable levels of accuracy and precision. Both intra- and interlaboratory standard deviations showed a high degree of variability in changes for the three physical properties evaluated. Changes in the method were identified which, if implemented, should improve accuracy and precision considerably.

Butanones↗