2nd Edition

Industrial Hygiene Evaluation Methods

By Michael S. Bisesi Copyright 2004
    312 Pages 133 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    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.

    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

    Biography

    Michael S. Bisesi

    "This is a popular and practical textbook…It is as useful as a laboratory manual as it is as a textbook. This book will occupy shelves along with other accepted references in industrial hygiene…Given the breadth of the occupational and environmental hygiene disciplines, this second edition will be extensively referenced and read."
    - J. Thomas Pierce, PhD, University of Kansas Medical Center