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  2. Occupational hygiene - Wikipedia

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    Illustration of Exposure Risk Assessment and Management related to anticipation, recognition, evaluation, control, and confirmation. Occupational hygiene or industrial hygiene (IH) is the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, control, and confirmation (ARECC) of protection from risks associated with exposures to hazards in, or arising from, the workplace that may result in injury, illness ...

  3. Anticipate, recognize, evaluate, control, and confirm - Wikipedia

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    The anticipate, recognize, evaluate, control, and confirm (ARECC) decision-making framework began as recognize, evaluate, and control.In 1994 then-president of the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) Harry Ettinger added the anticipate step to formally convey the duty and opportunity of the worker protection community to proactively apply its growing body of knowledge and experience ...

  4. American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists

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    The Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene (JOEH) is a joint publication of the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) and ACGIH. JOEH is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to enhancing the knowledge and practice of occupational and environmental hygiene and safety by widely disseminating research articles and applied studies of ...

  5. Immediately dangerous to life or health - Wikipedia

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    The term immediately dangerous to life or health (IDLH) is defined by the US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) as exposure to airborne contaminants that is "likely to cause death or immediate or delayed permanent adverse health effects or prevent escape from such an environment." Examples include smoke or other ...

  6. Exposure assessment - Wikipedia

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    Exposure assessment is a branch of environmental science and occupational hygiene that focuses on the processes that take place at the interface between the environment containing the contaminant of interest and the organism being considered. These are the final steps in the path to release an environmental contaminant, through transport to its ...

  7. American Industrial Hygiene Association - Wikipedia

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    The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) is an official participant of the OSHA Alliance Program. [4] Through the AIHA-OSHA Alliance, AIHA helps OSHA provide AIHA members and the general public information on OSHA's rule making and employer compliance laws, in order to fulfill the mutual mission of ensuring safe and healthy conditions for workers.

  8. British Occupational Hygiene Society - Wikipedia

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    The British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS) is a Chartered, science-based, charitable body that provides information and expertise about workplace health risks or occupational hygiene. As of 2023, its president is Alex Wilson and its chief executive officer is Kevin Bampton. [1] BOHS was founded in 1953.

  9. Workplace hazard controls for COVID-19 - Wikipedia

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    The Synergist, American Industrial Hygiene Association, COVID-19 and the Industrial Hygienist; European Agency for Safety and Health at Work website on COVID-19; UK Health Executive COVID-19 guidance for employees, employers, and businesses; Canadian Centre for Occupational Safety and Health COVID-19 fact sheet; COVID-19 Health Screen Questions