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  2. Occupational hygiene - Wikipedia

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    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, impairment, or affect the well-being of workers and members of the community.

  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. Occupational safety and health - Wikipedia

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    Occupational hygiene – Management of workplace health hazards; Human factors and ergonomics – Designing systems to suit their users; Industrial engineering – Branch of engineering which deals with the optimization of complex processes or systems; Industrial and organizational psychology – Branch of psychology

  5. Hygiene - Wikipedia

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    Home hygiene pertains to the hygiene practices that prevent or minimize the spread of disease at home and other everyday settings such as social settings, public transport, the workplace, public places, and more. Hygiene in a variety of settings plays an important role in preventing the spread of infectious diseases. [9]

  6. Threshold limit value - Wikipedia

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    Many people accredit the idea of government responsibility for the protection of its workers in the workplace to Franklin D. Roosevelt in the Great Depression era. The formation of the National Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (later to be renamed the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists) in 1938 was a direct response to this idea.

  7. Occupational exposure banding - Wikipedia

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    Occupational hygiene; Recommended exposure limit – Limit for exposure to a chemical substance; Threshold limit value – Upper limit on the acceptable exposure concentration of a hazardous substance in the workplace; Hierarchy of hazard controls – System used in industry to eliminate or minimize exposure to hazards

  8. 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 ...

  9. Hierarchy of hazard controls - Wikipedia

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    When encountering a hazard in the workplace, the hierarchy of hazard control provides a systematic approach to identify the most appropriate actions for controlling or eliminating that hazard. Additionally, it aids in developing a comprehensive hazard control plan for implementing the chosen measures effectively in the workplace.