Industrial Hygiene Books

New and Published Books

1. Safety Management

   A Comprehensive Approach to Developing a Sustainable System

   By Chitram Lutchman, Rohanie Maharaj, Waddah Ghanem

   With annual cost in excess of $150 billion from workplace related illnesses and injuries, any knowledge that can reduce this burden contributes to the overall welfare of the work force and business performance. Yet, there are many key areas of opportunities that have not yet been discussed in the...

   Published March 4th 2012 by CRC Press
2. Safety Management

   Near Miss Identification, Recognition, and Investigation

   By Ron C. McKinnon

   Close calls, narrow escapes, or near hits. History has shown repeatedly that these "near-miss" incidents often precede loss producing events, but are largely ignored or go unreported because nothing (no injury, damage or loss) happened. Thus, many opportunities to prevent the accidents that the...

   Published February 26th 2012 by CRC Press
3. Epidemic of Medical Errors and Hospital-Acquired Infections

   Systemic and Social Causes

   By William Charney

   Medical error as defined in Epidemic of Medical Errors and Hospital-Acquired Infections: Systemic and Social Causes encompasses many categories including, but not limited to, medical error, hospital-acquired infections, medication errors, deaths from misdiagnosis, deaths from infectious diarrhea in...

   Published February 5th 2012 by CRC Press
4. Hospital Airborne Infection Control

   By Wladyslaw Kowalski

   Although nosocomial, or hospital-acquired, infections have been well cataloged and are fairly well understood, traditional solutions have failed to completely eliminate the problem. Even the most modern hospitals find themselves stymied by the persistence of these pathogens in hospital wards and...

   Published December 6th 2011 by CRC Press
5. Accident/Incident Prevention Techniques, Second Edition

   By Charles D. Reese

   Published more than ten years ago, the first edition of Accident/Incident Prevention Techniques provided clear, comprehensive guidance on how to mitigate the cost, in personnel and to the bottom line, of accidents/incidents in the workplace. Significantly revised and updated, this Second Edition...

   Published October 24th 2011 by CRC Press
6. Management Obligations for Health and Safety

   By Gregory W. Smith

   In recent years, the safety management field has placed leadership and commitment at the center of effective workplace health and safety programs. At the same time, personal liability for workplace health and safety has increased, resulting in poor outcomes for individual managers. Discussing the...

   Published October 24th 2011 by CRC Press
7. Asbestos

   Risk Assessment, Epidemiology, and Health Effects, Second Edition

   Edited by Samuel P. Hammar

   The first edition of Asbestos: Risk Assessment, Epidemiology, and Health Effects received critical acclaim due to the interdisciplinary nature of its content. Editors Ronald Dodson and Samuel Hammar have carefully kept this popular focus while updating and expanding the topics covered in the first...

   Published June 14th 2011 by CRC Press
8. Indoor Air Quality

   The Latest Sampling and Analytical Methods, Second Edition

   By Kathleen Hess-Kosa

   In the new millennium, indoor air quality methodologies have expanded, evolved, and morphed. This book addresses the old and the new. The focus is shifting from a knee-jerk to a more proactive response. Although indoor air quality in older buildings will continue to present old challenges, new...

   Published May 23rd 2011 by CRC Press
9. Microorganisms in Home and Indoor Work Environments

   Diversity, Health Impacts, Investigation and Control, Second Edition

   Edited by Brian Flannigan, Robert A. Samson, J. David Miller

   In 2007, scientists estimated the direct cost of diseases associated with mould and dampness on the US population to be in the range of 4 billion dollars, and the indirect costs of lost work and school days are gauged even higher. The US Centers for Disease Control recently concluded that...

   Published April 12th 2011 by CRC Press
10. Concise Guide to Workplace Safety and Health

    What You Need to Know, When You Need It

    By Gary Chambers

    Every organization must comply with occupational health and safety regulations. Yet it is frequently unclear which actually apply in a given real-life situation, plus the field is loaded with technical terminology and complicated regulations. Many managers, trainers, even safety and health...

    Published January 4th 2011 by CRC Press